Overview
Key facts
Blockchain promises to become a dominant technology in financial and other transactions, whether cryptocurrencies thrive or die.
Queen Mary University of London's Blockchain Programming module will also give you a practical and theoretical knowledge of security issues with blockchains, where blockchains come from, how to analyse competing notions for blockchains (i.e. proof of stake vs proof of work and Bitcoin vs Ethereum), and what applications there are in the future.Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Historical
- Cryptographic preliminaries
- Merkel trees and blockchains
- Blockchains and verification
- Proof of stake and proof of work
- Block propagation and difficulty adjustment
- Transactions in Bitcoins and Ethereum
- Lightning and off-chain transactions
- Types of attack
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 2 days
Start dates & application deadlines
Language
Delivered
Disciplines
Computer Sciences View 170 other Short Courses in Computer Sciences in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Aimed those new to blockchain, our course will support individuals and SMEs to understand the current climate and future development of the technology.
Tuition Fee
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International
685 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 685 GBP for the full programme during 2 days. -
National
685 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 685 GBP for the full programme during 2 days.
Living costs for London
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.