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Certificate of Achievement

Gwyn Jones

has completed the following course:

Introduction to Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)

UCL Consultants and UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies

This course enhanced understanding of DLT and blockchain technology and explored how it can be used to solve business problems.

4 weeks, 2 hours per week

Paolo Tasca

Executive Director

UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies

Nikhil Vadgama

Deputy Director

UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies

Transcript

Learning outcomes

  • Explain what problems blockchains solve
  • Describe what the properties of a blockchain system are
  • Demonstrate knowledge of the key stakeholders in the blockchain ecosystem
  • Compare decentralised and centralised systems, what the pros and cons of both are and why decentralisation is a key property of a blockchain
  • Explain how blockchains could be used for payments
  • Describe how cryptography and consensus mechanisms are used in blockchain systems
  • Demonstrate knowledge of how blockchain can be used in supply chains
  • Explain what smart contracts are, how they can be applied and how they differ from conventional contracts
  • Apply the UCL Blockchain Framework to see if a business problem could be solved with the application of blockchain technology
  • Reflect on how blockchain technology could lead to transformational business models and disruption in our conventional socio-economic systems

Syllabus

  • What are blockchains and distributed ledger technologies?
  • How blockchains can be used as a means to decentralise processes, for example payments
  • How blockchains can be applied to supply chains to improve transparency and better reconciliation of data
  • How blockchains can be used as a means of establishing better provenance and how smart contracts can be used to automate processes that rely on trusted information
  • Practical case study examples of blockchain and DLT use
  • Hear from real world companies on deployments of this revolutionary technology
  • Learn frameworks on how to apply DLT to your business or to a use case

Issued on 14th January 2021

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Introduction to Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)

UCL Consultants