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Blockchain Foundations: Wolfram U Class

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Learn about the technology behind blockchain systems. Define blockchains, common uses, economic and social motivations. Explore underlying cryptographic functions. Distinguish between fungible and non-fungible tokens.

Course Overview
Blockchain technology is based on principles and concepts of cryptography, distributed computing and economics. This video lesson explains how underlying computer internet technology and cryptography enable and secure blockchain systems and also explores fundamental Bitcoin concepts.Featured Products & Technologies: Wolfram Language (available in Mathematica and Wolfram|One)
You'll Learn To

Define blockchains, their common uses and the economic and social motivations behind them
Explore the basic structure and security of underlying cryptographic functions
Investigate the "art and science" of blockchain security

Identify the hardware and software layers that make up the internet and create the foundation for blockchain ecosystems
Recognize different blockchain structures
Understand the motivation and history of the Bitcoin blockchain system

Syllabus

Define blockchains, their common uses and the economic and social motivations behind them
Explore the basic structure and security of underlying cryptographic functions
Investigate the "art and science" of blockchain security
Identify the hardware and software layers that make up the internet and create the foundation for blockchain ecosystems
Recognize different blockchain structures
Understand the motivation and history of the Bitcoin blockchain system