Blockchain Basics

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Jonathan Reichental

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1. Introduction

01. Building trust through software code.mp4

01:56

2. Trust over the Internet

02. Risk management on the internet today.mp4

05:05

03. Rethinking traditional client-server computing.mp4

06:49

3. What Is Blockchain Technology

04. What problems does blockchain solve.mp4

04:01

05. Bitcoin gives birth to blockchain.mp4

05:16

06. The basics of how blockchain works.mp4

06:14

07. The growth of crypto coins and crypto tokens.mp4

05:27

4. Transforming Transactions

08. The blockchain ecosystem.mp4

05:42

09. Examples of blockchain in action today.mp4

06:05

010. The future of blockchain innovation.mp4

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5. Challenges to Be Solved

011. Obstacles to broad blockchain adoption.mp4

05:26

012. Challenges that blockchain presents to enterprises.mp4

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6. Conclusion

013. Taking the next steps with blockchain.mp4

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Blockchain technology demands attention. And it's not just due to the way it revolutionized monetary transactions. The concept of transactional trust through code has disrupted a variety of industries, offering ways to streamline everything from financial services to identity management. In this introductory-level course, learn what blockchain is and what it might mean to you.

Instructor Jonathan Reichental dives into the topic from a conceptual perspective, ensuring that a nontechnical audience can glean value from each lesson. Jonathan describes some of the current challenges with the internet, including existing risks and security problems. He goes over how traditional online databases function, so that you have a basis for how the blockchain redesigns this function. Plus, learn how the blockchain has become a potential solution for many of the existing limitations of online databases, which challenges must be solved in order to achieve broader adoption, and more.

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Jonathan Reichental

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Dr. Jonathan Reichental is the founder of Human Future, a global business and technology advisory, investment, and education firm. Previous roles have included senior software engineering manager, director of technology innovation, and he has served as chief information officer at both O’Reilly Media and the City of Palo Alto, California. In 2013 he was recognized as one of the 25 doers, dreamers, and drivers in government in America. In 2016, he was named a top influential CIO in the United States and in 2017, he was named one of the top 100 CIOs in the world. He has also won a best CIO in Silicon Valley award and a national IT leadership prize. Reichental is a recognized global thought leader on a number of emerging trends including urban innovation, smart cities, sustainability, blockchain technology, data governance, the fourth industrial revolution, and digital transformation. He holds several degrees including a Ph.D. in Information Systems. He is an adjunct professor in the School of Management at the University of San Francisco and instructs at several other universities. Reichental regularly creates online video courses for LinkedIn Learning. He is a popular global keynote speaker and writer, including authoring a bestseller on the future of cities. Many of his videos and articles can be found at https://www.reichental.com.

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