Technology

Future Technology: Blockchain


Description
Explore the full potential of blockchain and Web3 technology for business and sign up for our primer course today.

Learn about the practical applications of blockchain technology for business with our primer course. You'll understand how blockchain can be used for things like smart contracts and financial transactions, and explore the many ways that it can benefit and streamline business operations. Discover the full potential of emerging Web3 technologies and how they can revolutionize the way you do business. Sign up now and stay ahead in the rapidly evolving world of technology.

Alun Evans, PhD
Instructor, Caltech CTME

In this course, you will learn to:

  • Understand the practical applications of decentralized network technologies for business, such as blockchain for smart contracts and financial transactions.

  • Explore the benefits and ways that emerging technologies can streamline and enhance business operations.

  • Gain an essential understanding of the potential of Web3 technologies for business.

This is a four-hour, non-technical overview of key topics and their application in a business environment for the purpose of building familiarity and early subject literacy. Combine this course with others to comprehensively understand broad technological change affecting most industries. Each chapter takes about 20 minutes and ends with a two-question learning check focusing on topic recall and retention.

This short course is ideal for most business function personnel across the enterprise, including products and services, accounting, sales and marketing, operations, and supporting roles.

Content
  • Basics
  • Welcome!
  • Introduction
  • Course Outline
  • Summary Deck
  • Chapter 1: Decentralized Technology
  • Decentralized Technology
  • Chapter 1: Knowledge Check
  • Article
  • Chapter 2: What is a Blockchain Anyway?
  • What is a Blockchain Anyway?
  • Chapter 2: Knowledge Check
  • Article
  • Chapter 3: Cryptocurrencies: The Future, or a Scam?
  • Cryptocurrencies: The Future, or a Scam?
  • Chapter 3: Knowledge Check
  • Article
  • Chapter 4: Decentralized Finance Basics
  • Decentralized Finance Basics
  • Chapter 4: Knowledge Check
  • Article
  • Chapter 5: NFTs and Digital Ownership
  • NFTs and Digital Ownership
  • Chapter 5: Knowledge Check
  • Article
  • Chapter 6: Dynamic NFTs
  • Dynamic NFTs
  • Chapter 6: Knowledge Check
  • Article
  • Chapter 7: Decentralized Reputation
  • Decentralized Reputation
  • Chapter 7: Knowledge Check
  • Article
  • Chapter 8: Applying Blockchain in the Real World
  • Applying Blockchain in the Real World
  • Chapter 8: Knowledge Check
  • Article
  • Chapter 9: Is the Metaverse the Future?
  • Is the Metaverse the Future?
  • Chapter 9: Knowledge Check
  • Article
  • Course Completion
  • Final Quiz
  • Course Feedback
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed