Bitcoin and Blockchain Beginner Course
On demand: Groups of 10 or more: in-person classroom-style or online
There is a lot of excitement lately about the opportunities that cryptocurrencies and its underlying technology, the blockchain offers. From trading, investing, mining or using the technology to streamline existing systems and processes, the opportunities most definitely exist.
The Bitcoin and Blockchain Beginner course is for individuals who are new to cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. The course covers the basics of money, bitcoin and the blockchain, how to use bitcoin: buy and sell bitcoin; send and receive bitcoin; and how to store bitcoin in a wallet, bitcoin and wallet security, compliance and regulation, use cases and opportunities this technology provides. It also includes alternatives to bitcoin and the Bitcoin blockchain.
The outcome of this course is to provide individuals with a general overview of bitcoin and blockchain technology. This course provides attendees with an insight into the future of this technology in terms of innovation and disruption of existing traditional systems and processes.
Similar to how the internet completely changed how people digitally share information, blockchain technology is revolutionising the storing and transacting of value.
Requirements:
- No previous understanding of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology is required
- An interest in bitcoin and blockchain technology
More Information
- Price: From R850 per person for group training with a minimum of 10 attendees
- Type: Online with instructor or in-person, classroom-style
- Duration: Flexible to suit clients requirements with an average of 4 hours, including short breaks
- Certification: Attendees receive a Certificate of Completion at the end of the course if attendance was complete
Module 1: Introduction
- Money and currency
- Digital currencies explained
- History of Bitcoin
Module 2: The Blockchain
- 101 of a blockchain
- How are transactions stored on a blockchain
- What Bitcoin mining is
- Permissioned and permissionless blockchains
Module 3: Using Bitcoin
- Where and how to get bitcoins
- How to store bitcoins in a wallet
- How to send and receive bitcoins
- How to trade bitcoins on on-line exchanges
- Bitcoin pricing and volatility
Module 4: Bitcoin Security
- Security issues and the pseudo-anonymity of Bitcoin
- Security measures such as multi-signature transactions
- Backing up and restoring wallets
Module 5: Bitcoin Scalability, Risks and Limitations
- Transaction volumes and block sizes
- Block propagation speed
- Proof of Work efficiencies
- Mining pools and centralisation
- Mining rewards and incentivisation
- Bitcoin scaling proposals
Module 6: Use Cases and Opportunities
- Payment rails
- Immutable ledger
- Coloured coins and digital asset ownership
- Time-stamped records
- Proof of ownership
- Micro-transactions
Module 7: Merchant Acceptance
- How to integrate Bitcoin as a payment method
- Benefits of using Bitcoin as a payment method
- Payment processing companies
- Verification of transactions on the blockchain
- Successful case studies
Module 8: Bitcoin Compliance and Regulation
- Regulation globally and in South Africa
- Bitcoin compliance
- Money laundering and fraud
Module 9: The Future of Blockchain
- Smart contracts
- Bitcoin for remittances in emerging economies
- Innovation for financial institutions
- Innovation for non-financial institutions
- The value of bitcoin and the blockchain as a technology
- Alternatives to bitcoin and the blockchain
Blockchain Advanced Course
On demand: Groups of 10 or more: in-person classroom-style or online
The course goes further into bitcoin mining, mining pools, bitcoin transactions on the blockchain, software clients and front-ends, service providers that provide wallet services, APIs, payment gateways, explorer service and blockchain as a service.
The course provides an overview of Blockchain 2.0 topics such as smart contracts, smart property, side chains, decentralized services, world computers, and other exciting and innovative services and opportunities currently being used around the world.
The outcome of this course is to provide attendees with a comprehensive, multi-faceted understanding of key blockchain-related concepts and will have developed the level of technical skills required to achieve specific business goals.
Attendees will be able to identify suitable use cases for different blockchain technologies in order to solve key business issues and assess the risk vs benefits of using blockchain technology instead of existing technology platforms.
Attendees will gain an insight into the future of this technology in terms of innovation and disruption of existing traditional systems and processes.
Requirements:
- Attendees should have a basic understanding of bitcoin and blockchain technology
More Information
- Price: From R850 per person for group training with a minimum of 10 attendees
- Type: Online with instructor or in-person, classroom-style
- Duration: Flexible to suit clients requirements with an average of 4 hours, including short breaks
- Certification: Attendees receive a Certificate of Completion at the end of the course if attendance was complete
Module 1: Introduction
- The Problem of Digital Cash and Double Spending
- Nodes and Mining
- Byzantine Generals’ Problem
Module 2: Cryptography
- Hashes
- Proof of Work
- Elliptical Curve: Private and Public Keys and Digital Signatures
- Hierarchical Deterministic or HD wallets
- Block Structure
Module 3: Transactions
- How Transactions are Structured
- Introduction to SegregatedWitness (SegWit)
- Merkle Trees
Module 4: Smart Contracts
- High Level Introduction to Bitcoin Scripts
- Transactions: P2PK, P2PKH and P2SH
- Multisignature Wallets and Use Cases
- Micropayment Channels
- Open Asset Protocol and Coloured Coins
- Evolution of Smart Contracts – Solidity and Ethereum
Module 5: Layer Two Solutions
- The Bitcoin Scaling Debate
- Lightning Network
Module 6: Risks and Challenges
- Hard Forks and Attacks
- Governance and Risks of Centralisation
- Hype Cycles
- Permissionless vs. Permissioned Blockchains
- Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs)
Blockchain Executive Training
In partnership with The Field Institute and supported by the South African National Blockchain Alliance (SANBA)
On demand (Groups of 10 or more): Online via GoToWebinar
The Blockchain Academy, in partnership with The Field Institute host the Blockchain Executive Training over 3 days from 09:00-11:30am each day.
Blockchain technology is rapidly gaining traction, but the majority of senior executives (63%) still don’t know what it is, according to a Global Blockchain Business Council survey reported in Cointelegraph.
The global blockchain market is expected to increase by 80% between 2018 and 2023, from $1.2 billion to $23.3 billion, according to ReportLinker.
The most significant advantage of blockchains distributed ledger is reduced operational cost and streamlined efficiency which provides transparency, reliability and authenticity. Blockchain technology is undoubtedly here to stay and will change the face of business as we know it in the next few years. With our training and consulting, the Blockchain Academy prepares both the private and public sector for this disruption.
Outcomes
The outcome of this training is to provide attendees with a general overview of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology.
The course provides a good foundational knowledge of how cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology work, what they can be used for and why they are viewed as being so innovative and disruptive.
The training provides an overview of some important use-cases for blockchain technology in the public and private sectors.
The session will help attendees understand the importance of this technology in terms of building and using permissionless technology.
It will provide attendees with an insight into the future of this technology in terms of innovation and disruption of existing traditional systems and processes as well as how attendees can leverage the benefits of this technology in their own field of work.
This course has a theoretical basis, but also includes discussions, tutorials and practicals to ensure each attendee attains an adequate knowledge base to make high-level decisions with regards to blockchain in their organisations.
Requirements:
- No previous understanding of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology is required
- An interest in blockchain technology
- You will be required to download and launch the GoToOpener app prior to the session
Read more about the app here - A good internet connection
Price: R1,500 per person (including vat)
More Information
- The cost is R1,500 (incl. vat) per person.
Email Nazley at nazley@blockchainacademy.co.za for more info. - Date and Time: As requested by client: 09:00am – 11:30am SAST each day
- Online via GoToWebinar: link will be shared with you once you have registered
Supported by the South African National Blockchain Alliance (SANBA)
The South African Blockchain Alliance (SANBA) is a distributed, decentralised and autonomous network of blockchain ecosystem players, consisting of government, academia, business, start-ups and civil society. The aim is to connect the SA blockchain community to optimally leverage this linked ecosystem to move blockchain forward in SA. It will actively assist existing initiatives such the South African Financial Blockchain Consortium (SAFBC), the Intergovernmental Financial Working Group (IFWG), the Blockchain Entrepreneurship Club of South Africa (BECSA) and others. The ultimate objective is to create a supportive innovation environment so that South Africa emerges as the blockchain innovation hub of Africa.
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COURSE OUTLINE
DAY 1 and DAY 2
Module 1: Blockchain: What and Why
- The evolution of money
- History of Bitcoin
- How financial systems and banking works
- Live Bitcoin transaction demo and analysis
- Basics of blockchain technology
Module 2: Blockchain Deep Dive
- Security and risks
- Mining
- Blockchain and real-world data
- Decentralised trust, consensus and immutability
- Demo: Recording a digital asset on the blockchain
- Smart contracts
- Permissioned vs. permissionless networks
Practical
Conceptualize your own use-case for blockchain within your organisation.
Prepare a 5-minute pitch for Day 3.
DAY 3
Module 3: Use-Cases
- Time-stamping
- Document provenance
- Payments, remittances and financial inclusion
- Insurance
- Transparency, audit and fraud reduction
- Digital assets and conveyancing
- Health
- Self-Sovereign Identity
- Voting and Governance
Use-Case Presentations
Each participant will have time to present their use-case from Day 2.
The training facilitator and instructor will give feedback on the technical feasibility of each use-case.
Module 4: The Future
- The internet of money
- Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs)
GUEST SPEAKERS
Blockchain in Insurance
10:00-10:20am
Monica Singer
Creator of Opportunities at ConsenSys
Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI)
10:20-10:40am
Gary de Beer
Blockchain in Health
10:40-11:00am
Dr. Ntuthuko Bhengu
Blockchain-Based Food Tracking
11:00-11:20am
Mervyn George
Facilitators and Instructor
Barbara Dale-Jones
Founding Partner and Director at The Field Institute
Alison Jacobson
Director of The Field Institute
Carel de Jager
Lead Instructor at the Blockchain Academy
Cypto Asset Storage and Inheritance Course
On demand: Groups of 10 or more: in-person classroom-style or online
Crypto and digital assets are rapidly gaining popularity as more people diversify into this new and exciting investment class.
The decentralised nature of crypto assets means that each user has full sovereignty over their funds. Third party custodianship options are limited, especially to individuals and smaller companies.
The complex and sometimes limited regulatory landscape makes it difficult to navigate this space, yet many individuals invest a substantial amount of their NET worth in crypto assets.
Their knowledge of storing and ensuring their heirs have access to these assets are often limited and they run massive risks in losing their funds. Apart from that, legitimate sources to acquire this knowledge are not widely available and perish the thought of someone turning to Google or social media in the hope of finding solutions.
For institutions, there are a few documented solutions to store large amount of funds. These however, are technical in nature and will require a consultant to properly implement. It is often very expensive and the cost can only be justified for native crypto businesses.
This course provides an overview of the industry standards for storing crypto assets and ensuring heirs have access to these. It is aimed at any individual who has a substantial amount of their NET worth in crypto assets, whether a novice or professional.
To institutions, this course will give an introduction to decision makers about the available storage options, or be a good refresher to technical staff. To new corporate thinking of diversifying into this asset class, it will provide a solid overview of things to keep in mind to keep these funds safe. “Separation of Power” is especially important to companies, which describes why it’s important to diversify authority over the assets to more than one person or entity.
Participants will be equipped with a practical, step-by-step guide, templates and the knowledge to implement a secure storage and inheritance plan on their own. A certificate can be issued on request.
Requirements:
- No previous understanding of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology is required
More Information
- Price: From R850 per person for group training with a minimum of 10 attendees
- Type: Online with instructor or in-person, classroom-style
- Duration: Flexible to suit clients requirements with an average of 4 hours, including short breaks
- Certification: Attendees receive a Certificate of Completion at the end of the course if attendance was complete
Module 1: Introduction
- Definitions and background
- A new asset class
- Why you need to start preparing your plan today
- Goals and risks of inheritance planning
- Setting goals according to the SURE principle (Security, Usability, Resilience, Efficiency)
Module 2: Storage
- Cold storage options
- Physical vs digital security
- Inventories, backups and passwords
- Separation of power
- Auditing backups
- BIP38, BIP39, multisignature and Shamir’s secret
- Institutional storage and custodianship
Module 3: Inheritance
- Identifying clear inheritance goals and wishes, while staying secure
- Code vs law
- Dead man’s switch
- Smart contracts for inheritance
- Practical step-by-step guide for creating an access plan
Module 4: Legal
- The existing legal framework
- How to ensure you stay compliant
- Crypto assets and wills
- When to use lawyers and attorneys
Handouts
- Letters and inventory templates
- Step-by-step guide
Legal and Regulatory Implications of Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Technology Course
On demand for private training only | Online via GoToWebinar
Are you interested to know:
- about the legal implications of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology?
- what compliance and regulatory frameworks and policies exist in various jurisdictions?
- about privacy issues on the blockchain?
- how regulation will keep up with the blockchain disruption?
This course is aimed at both legal and non-legal individuals and introduces the attendees to a wide range of potential legal issues when dealing with cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology as well as an overview of global regulatory trends and approaches by governments and various industries.
Legal and regulatory issues discussed include liability, privacy, data security, contracts, consumer protection, financial regulation and tax.
The course will enable attendees to identify the appropriate legal, regulatory issues and risks when dealing with cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology.
Email info@blockchainacademy.co.za for more information.
Outcomes
- Have an understanding of how cryptocurrencies and blockchains work
- Have an overview of local and global legal issues and regulatory responses to cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology
- Be able to identify the appropriate legal and regulatory issues and risks when dealing with cryptocurrency and blockchain technology
Who Should Attend?
- Compliance and risk officers
- Regulatory specialists
- Lawyers
- Intelligence agencies
- Fraud and forensic specialists
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Investors with an interest in the cryptocurrencies, DeFi and NFT regulatory environment
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Auditors and tax consultants
- Anyone with an interest in the legal implications, regulation and compliance of cryptocurrencies, Decentralised Finance (DeFi) and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)
Requirements
- No previous understanding of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology is required
More Information
- Duration: Hosted over 2 days, 3 hours per day (including short breaks)
- Style: The course can be hosted online via GoToWebinar or in-person classroom-led style
- Each attendee will receive a Certificate of Completion at the end of the course
Course Outline
Module 1: Regulating Technology and Innovation
- Understanding regulatory considerations
- Discussing the technology and innovation principles that are relevant to regulation
- Identifying three approaches taken by regulators
Module 2: Bitcoin
- A short history of the development of Bitcoin and why it is important
- A quick introduction of important terminologies and concepts, for example, peer-to-peer, decentralised and mining
Module 3: Blockchain Applications
- What is blockchain or distributed ledger technology and why is it important?
- What are the use cases? We will discuss practical use cases, including SARB’s Project Khokha
- What are the potential legal issues and risks associated with blockchain technology?
Module 4: Cryptocurrencies and ICOs
- Overview of the different approaches taken by regulators globally
- Discussion on the legal nature of cryptocurrencies (is it a currency, security or asset?) and issues surrounding the use of cryptocurrencies
- Overview of various risks surrounding cryptocurrency and ICOs, including scams, hacking and extortion
Module 5: Smart Contracts
- What are smart contracts: are they smart and are they contracts?
- Are smart contracts legal and binding? Who is liable when something goes wrong?
- What are the use cases for smart contracts? Who creates smart contracts?
Module 6: To Regulate or Not to Regulate?
- Impact of regulation on cryptocurrency, for example, is tax payable for income received in bitcoin?
Module 7: Legal Discussion and Where to Next?
- What does a cryptocurrency and blockchain future look like?
- What are the barriers to adoption that need to be overcome?
- What does the industry need from regulators in order to move forward?
Course Instructor
Nerushka Bowan
About Nerushka
Nerushka Bowan is a technology and privacy lawyer based in Johannesburg. She is a Director and the Head of the Technology at Norton Rose Fulbright for South Africa.
Nerushka has extensive experience in complex and strategic technology and privacy law matters, including outsourcing transactions and regulatory and compliance issues across various industry sectors. She is recognised as an international thought leader in emerging technology law and in analysing the future legal and regulatory issues of emerging tech such as AI and blockchain. She also has work experience in our London and Melbourne offices.
She is a sought after international speaker and is regularly interviewed by media. She is an advocate for legal innovation and is involved in upskilling of lawyers for the future of law. She also mentors future legal innovators through the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation.
During 2020, she was selected as one of six judges globally for the IAPP Annual Innovation Awards, and was also a co-chair of the Johannesburg IAPP KnowledgeNet chapter from 2016-2019. She is a Consensus Forum Member of the South African National Blockchain Alliance (funded by the Department of Science & Technology, in partnership with the CSIR), and created a course with the Blockchain Academy on the legal & regulatory implications of blockchain and cryptocurrency. She is also a Consensus Forum Member of the South African National Blockchain Alliance (SANBA).
Blockchain for Insurance Course
In collaboration with the African Leadership University and ALU School of Insurance
On demand: For groups of 10 or more
Program Description
How will blockchain impact the insurance industry?
This 2-day masterclass is for non-developers, senior managers and executives from the insurance industry who want to gain a solid understanding of blockchain as well as the implications and opportunities for the insurance sector.
Program Summary
Day 1: The lay of the land
This introduction will provide a broad, non-technical overview of distributed ledger technologies, how they work, prospects for scale and why they have disruptive potential.
Day 2: Blockchain in the wild
This day focuses on use cases for blockchain, zooming into insurance applications. Employing a design thinking approach, participants will identifying opportunities to use the blockchain in their organisations.
Requirements:
- No previous understanding of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology is required
- An interest in how blockchain technology can impact the insurance industry
Price:
R11,500 Discounted to R8,500 p/p
Learning Outcomes
Day 1
- Get a high-level understanding of the course content flow
- Understand the definition of trust in conventional financial systems
- Compare the strengths and weaknesses of blockchains in relation to normal databases
- Recognise the high-level architecture of a blockchain
- Define “consensus” and “immutability” in a blockchain context
- Be aware of basic blockchain-related cryptography
- Define a “digital asset” and know the dissimilarities to conventional assets
- Understand how a digital asset can be recorded and audited on the Bitcoin blockchain
- Understand the risks and costs of asset tokenisation
- Understand why scaling blockchains are problematic
- Name benefits and drawbacks/tradeoffs of using the blockchain at scale
- Define “smart contract” and name their advantages, limitations, and risks
Day 2
- Be able to recognise and to give 1 example of a “know your customer” blockchain
application - Understand how a blockchain enables immutable timestamps
- Identify digital assets that can be recorded on the blockchain
- Explain the relevance of digital assets to the insurance industry
- Explain how the blockchain changes the nature of ownership
- Understand how a blockchain can automate insurance policies
- Know how to implement smart contracts
- Know how to process real-world data in an automated insurance product
- Explain how blockchain might influence the insurance industry
- Identify areas for future R&D
- Be in a position to reap the benefits of blockchain at the right time
More Information
- Price:
R11,500Discounted to R8,500 p/p - Price can vary depending on where the course is hosted
- This is a 2-day course from 09:00am – 16:00pm each day
- Refreshments and a light lunch will be provided
- The training can be hosted online or at our clients offices (depending on the location)
- Each attendee will receive a Certificate of Completion
Blockchain for Financial Institutions Course
On demand: Groups of 8 or more
Distributed ledgers, or blockchains, have the potential to significantly impact business models, reductions in risk and savings of cost and capital.
The Blockchain for Financial Institutions course provides an insight into the differences between permissioned and permissionless blockchains and where the value of each lies for the user and organisations. The course discusses alternatives to the bitcoin blockchain such as Ripple, Hyperledger, Ethereum, Chain, JP Quorum and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) such as R3’s, Corda. The course provides an overview on what financial institutions are currently doing with blockchain technology, what partnerships they are forming and what the possible use cases for financial institutions are.
More Information
- Price: R1,500.00 (incl. VAT) per person
- 09:00am – 14:30pm
- Refreshments and a light lunch will be provided
- The training can be hosted at our clients offices at our facilities in Cape Town and Johannesburg or online
- Blockchain Academy Certificate of Completion
- No prior knowledge of digital currencies & blockchain required
Module 1: An Overview of Bitcoin and Blockchain Technology
- A basic history of money
- Digital money, ledgers and trusted third parties
- Basics of cryptography: hashes and digital signatures
- Decentralised, peer to peer systems and the problem of consensus (Byzantine General’s problem)
- Blockchain, mining and Proof of Work (PoW)
Module 2: Smart Contracts
- Bitcoin smart contracts
- Ethereum smart contracts
- Tokens and other digital assets
Module 3: Alternate Consensus Mechanisms
Module 4: Permissioned vs. Permissionless Consensus
Module 5: An Overview of Permissioned Blockchains and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)
- Corda
- Chain
- Hyperledger Project
- Ripple
- Quorum
Module 6: Use Cases of Blockchain Technology and Cryptocurrencies
- Cryptocurrency and financial inclusion
- Trade finance
- Capital markets
- Identity
- Intellectual Property (IP)
- Misconceptions of blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) use-cases
Module 7: Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs)/Initial Token Offerings (ITOs) and Other Forms of Fund Raising
- An overview of the landscape
- What’s happening in the regulation space
- Moving beyond the wild west
Module 8: Regulation
- Know-Your-Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
- Central bank driven blockchains and cryptocurrencies
- Tax implications of cryptocurrencies
- Self regulatory bodies
- Examples of various approaches taken by regulators globally
Module 9: Looking Into the Future
- The innovator’s dilemma: incumbents and disruption
Three-Day Ethereum Developer Course
On demand: Groups of 8 or more
Demand for blockchain developers is increasing at a rapid rate as enterprises and startups are looking to achieve efficiencies and create new business models enabled by Decentralised Applications (DApps) and smart contracts.
This 3-day course is designed for developers, architects and IT Managers wanting to learn and apply blockchain technology to solve real-world business problems and effectively develop secure, full stack DApps on the Ethereum blockchain. It explores blockchain concepts, languages, tools, and frameworks used for the development of these apps and smart contracts.
This course aims to take you from zero knowledge on developing decentralised apps, to becoming an active early adopter who can develop an Ethereum based blockchain application.
SPECIAL OFFER! Enrol 2 or more people and 3rd person is FREE!
Requirements:
- Experience developing real-world applications in any programming language
- Understand Java syntax, Javascript or C++
- Have basic knowledge of HTML, CSS as well as NPM Package manager, Node.JS, Git, Bash Shell (Linux/MacOS) and React
- Each attendee is required to have their own laptop
More Information
- Price: R10,500.00 (excl. VAT) per person
- This is a 3-day course from 09:00am – 16:00pm each day
- Refreshments and a light lunch will be provided
- Each attendee will receive a Certificate of Completion at the end of the course
Module 1: What is Ethereum?
- A brief history
- How does Ethereum differ from Bitcoin
- Ethereum design and philosophy
- Ether-what is it and why is it needed
Module 2: The Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)
- Smart Contracts
- Gas-paying for computations
- A simple smart contract in action
- Running contracts on the Ethereum Virtual Machine
Module 3: Ethereum Applications
- Tokens/ICO’s
- Decentralised applications
- Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAO’s)
Module 4: Securing the Ethereum Blockchain
- Mining/Nodes
- Proof of Work vs. Proof of Stake
- Other methods of securing blockchains
Module 5: Ethereum Past, Present and Future
- How is Ethereum different from when it launched?
- Ethereum Enterprise Alliance (EEA)
- The DAO, DAO hack and resulting chain fork
- An introduction to a few popular and innovative smart contracts
- Scaling issues and the plan to scale Ethereum
- Competition: other smart contracts platforms
- Plans for the future
Module 6: Introduction to Ethereum Development
- What is a smart contract?
- What can you do with smart contracts?
- What can you not do with smart contracts?
- Hard limitations
- Practical limitations
- Smart contracts vs. Distributed Applications
- Interacting with smart contracts
- Practical: Run a smart contract
- Using DApps
- Metamask
- Practical: Install Metamask extension and
run a Dapp
Module 7: Tools and Frameworks
- Metamask
- Remix online IDE
- Truffle
- Ganache
- OpenZepellin
- Web3.js
- Solidity IDE’s
Module 8: Setting up the Development Environment
- Practical: Set up basic development environment
Module 9: Introduction to Solidity Development
- Introducing Solidity
- Date types and structures
- The structure of a smart contract
- Contract lifecycle
- Example: A basic smart contract
- Testing with Remix
- Deploying the contract
- Monitor the deployment with Etherscan
- Call the contract
- Kill/Un-deploy a contract
- Practical: Create/test/deploy/call/kill a contract
Module 10: Advanced Smart Contracts
- Using the Truffle framework
- Securing contracts
- Common exploits
- Common contract security patterns
- Zeppelin SafeMath library
- Advanced data structures
- Arrays
- Maps and structs
- Deploying your own testnet with Ganache
- Testing with Mocha
Module 11: Building Ethereum Distributed Application Apps
- Using the Truffle framework
- Introducing Web3.js
- Rendering contract data
- Using a form to get user input
- Using static assets
- Interfacing with distributed file system
- IPFS
- Swarm
- Decentralised P2P communication
- Whisper/Orbit
- Sending/receiving messages
- Oracles
- Types of Oracles
- Some useful existing Oracles
- Interfacing with Oracles
Module 12: Advanced and Multi Page Front-ends
- Layouts, buttons and CSS
- Routing
- Validation and error handling
- Spinners
Module 13: Enterprise Scale DApps Infrastructure and Architecture
- Architecting Ethereum projects
- Solium – standardising style and security practices
- Dapps DevOps
- Unit testing
- Regression testing
- Automating the development pipeline
- Monitoring a live DApp
AI + Blockchain + Impact Course
The opportunities to use emerging technologies for impact is growing at a breakneck pace. Across the globe, mobile payments, satellite imagery, 3-D printing, Internet-of-Things (IoT), the blockchain and artificial intelligence are being used to address the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by creating access to financial inclusion, education, renewable energy, healthcare, water and sanitation and more.
Blockchain Academy has partnered with Intelligent Impact and Bitcoin Events to bring you a practical and insightful training session on blockchain technology and artificial intelligence (AI), aimed at enterprises, non-profits, development organisations, government, corporates and investment firms. In this two-day training, participants will be given an introductory knowledge of a range of emerging technologies.
The types of organisations that are using these technologies range from start-up social enterprises to corporates, from development institutions to governments and from global NGOs to local non-profits. Nonetheless, there is a significant skills gap on the side of social impact practitioners around how to apply the use of emerging technologies effectively, efficiently and appropriately.
In this 1-day training session in Cape Town and Johannesburg, we will give participants an introductory knowledge of a range of emerging technologies, examine case studies from across impact sectors on the application of technologies and use design thinking frameworks to work through how to apply the learnings to their own social impact organisations.
Who should attend?
The target audience for this training is social impact practitioners from enterprises, non-profits, development organisations, government, corporates and investment firms. Participants do not have to have a deep understanding of technology to attend.
What is included?
- You will receive a light lunch and refreshments
- Access to business and organisations in these industries
Requirements
- No laptop required
- No knowledge of AI, IoT and blockchain is required
Course Outline
9:00 – 9:30am: Training overview and who is around the table
9:30 – 10:30am: Overview of emerging technologies and definitions: This session will cover typology and definitions of emerging tech for impact including mobile payments, satellite imagery, 3-D printing, IoT, blockchain technology and artificial intelligence.
10:30 – 11:00am: Deep dive: IoT
11:00 – 11:15am: Break
11:15 – 11:45am: Deep dive: satellite imagery
11:45 – 12:30pm: Deep dive: Artificial Intelligence
12:30 – 1:30pm: Deep dive: blockchain
1:30 – 2:30pm: Working lunch
2:30 – 3:30pm: Case studies in technology for impact
3:30 – 4:30pm: Design thinking session to help organisations identify opportunities in their own organisations
4:30 – 5:30pm: Rapid prototyping
5:30 – 5:45pm: Course wrap-up
Ethereum Beginner Course
On demand: Groups of 10 or more
This course is for individuals who want to understand the basics of Ethereum and what this technology offers in terms of smart contracts. The course will cover the basic design of the Ethereum blockchain, the functioning of the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) and an introduction into smart contracts and transactions. It includes current use cases in the Decentralised Applications (DApps) landscape and the recent surge of interest in Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), and how ICOs are raising funding using cryptocurrencies, such as ether and bitcoin.
More Information
- Price: R850 per person (private training sessions for min of 10 people)
- This course is held online from 09:00am – 14:30pm SAST with short breaks in between
- Each attendee will receive a Certificate of Completion at the end of the course
- No laptop required
- Blockchain Academy Certificate of Completion
- No prior knowledge or experience of Ethereum is required
Module 1: What is Ethereum?
- A brief history
- How does Ethereum differ from Bitcoin?
- Ethereum design and philosophy
- Ether – what is it and why is it needed?
Module 2: The Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)
- Smart contracts
- Gas – paying for computations
- A simple smart contract in action
- Running contracts on the Ethereum Virtual Machine
Module 3: Ethereum Applications
- Tokens / ICO’s
- Decentralised applications
- Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (The DAO)
Module 4: Securing the Ethereum Blockchain
Mining / nodes - Proof of Work vs. Proof of Stake
- Other methods of securing blockchains
Module 5: Ethereum Past, Present, and Future
- How is Ethereum different from when it launched?
- Ethereum Enterprise Alliance (EEA)
- The DAO, DAO hack
and resulting chain fork - An introduction to a few popular and innovative smart contracts
- Scaling issues and the plan to scale Ethereum
- Competition: other smart contract platforms
- Plans for the future