LiveLessons - Practical Blockchain and Cryptocurrency

7 hours of focused video training to teach core blockchain and cryptocurrency skills

Practical Blockchain and Cryptocurrency LiveLessons is your complete guide to learning and incorporating practical crypto and blockchain knowledge and skills for your company's systems. Unlike some other courses, Practical Blockchain and Cryptocurrency LiveLessons focuses on real-world applications, so you can learn with hands-on demos. In this course you will learn how to

Buy, trade, mine your own, and use cryptocurrency, including Bitcoin, Ripple, and DOGE
Create your own blockchains for internal enterprise IT applications
Create and execute your own smart contracts
Learn how to perform cybersecurity audits on blockchains

This course was built for anyone who wants to understand how popular cryptocurrencies work including Bitcoins and ETH, as well as professionals needing to implement their own blockchain applications or mine cryptocurrencies, and cybersecurity professionals who need to test and audit Blockchain applications. The course concludes with topics of modern cyber attacks in cryptocurrency and blockchain space. You will have the tools needed to test your own blockchain applications and understand how to protect them against future attacks.

Expert author and trainer Aamir Lakhani will give you hands-on practical experience to become a blockchain and cryptocurrency engineer and architect.

Topics include

Module 1: Introduction to Cryptocurrencies
Module 2: The Blockchain
Module 3: Mining
Module 4: Blockchain Applications
Module 5: Cyber Attacks
Module 6 Evolution of Cryptocurrency and Blockchains

About the Instructor

Aamir Lakhani is a leading senior security strategist. He is responsible for providing IT security solutions to major enterprises and government organizations.

Mr. Lakhani creates technical security strategies and leads security implementation projects for Fortune 500 companies. Industries of focus include healthcare providers, educational institutions, financial institutions, and government organizations. Aamir has designed offensive counter-defense measures for the Department of Defense and national intelligence agencies. He has also assisted organizations with safeguarding IT and physical environments from attacks perpetrated by underground cybercriminal groups.

Mr. Lakhani is considered an industry leader in creating detailed security architectures within complex computing environments. His areas of expertise include cyber defense, mobile application threats, malware management, Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) research, and investigations relating to the Internet's dark security movement. He is the author or contributor of several books and has appeared on FOX Business News, National Public Radio, and other media outlets as an expert on cybersecurity.

Writing under the pseudonym Dr. Chaos, Mr. Lakhani also operates the popular security social media blog which is hosted at DrChaos.com. In its recent list of 46 Federal Technology Experts to Follow on Twitter, Forbes magazine described Aamir Lakhani as "a blogger, InfoSec specialist, super hero…and all-around good guy."

Skill Level

Beginner

Learn How To

Understand the basics of blockchain technology
Work blockchain and cryptocurrencies
Create and store cryptocurrencies
Create NFTs
Write and enforce smart contracts on blockchains

Course requirement

None

Who Should Take This Course

Anyone interested in learning about blockchain
Pen testing or ed team for blockchain applications
Blockchain Engineers and Architects for Enterprise IT organizations
Cryptocurrency expert or advisor