Coursera Blockchain Basics Course 1 with the State University of Buffalo is a four week course covering the basic concepts of blockchain.
- Blockchain defined
- Ethereum blockchain
- Algorithms and techniques
- Trust essentials
The course was well paced over 4 weeks. At first, I found some of the materials repetitive but quickly realized that they were laying the foundation as the course built on that knowledge. I also found the materials selection helpful. When looking for materials online earlier this year, I quickly became overwhelmed. It's not always easy to decipher which resources can be trusted. The materials chosen in this course were informative and well balanced between video and text articles.
It was advertised at 3.5 hours per week although I found myself spending 5-6 hours a week. That was partially due to re-reading some articles to absorb the content as well as going down the rabbit hole of related blockchain online articles.
Being that I started a group to address diversity in this space, I also found it refreshing that this course is taught by Dr. Bina Ramamurthy. She is a STEM researcher and received the Best Teaching Faculty of the Year award (2017) from SUNY Buffalo. It's great to see and support diversity when learning about blockchain.
Overall, the course was worth the time and I'd recommend it to anyone who is curious about or wants to learn more about blockchain.