Blockchain Development: From Ethereum to Hyperledger Training Course

Duration

21 hours (usually 3 days including breaks)

Requirements

  • A prior knowldege of programming is high recommended
  • Knowledge of javascript frameworks like NodeJS is highly recommended
  • Some experience with Linux/Unix environment is preffered
  • Good to have an open source technology exposure

Overview

This course has been designed for developers and project managers who would like to experiment with Blockchain in their products and projects. The course gives a basic know how on how to set up your private blockchain environment and throws light on some of the existing frameworks. By the end, this course gives a basic know how on how to setup your own blockchain application using Hyperledger Fabric.

Course Outline

Introduction to Blockchain

  • History and Background
  • Companies using Blockchain
  • Introdution to Bitcoin, Ethereum and Hyperledger
  • Centralized v/s Decentralized v/s Distributed Networks
  • Real Time Challenges

Blockchain Use Cases

  • Payment systems
  • Cryptocurrencies (Bitcons Ledger)
  • Royalty collection
  • Management of copyrights
  • Insurance
  • Development
    • Private Ethereum Network
    • Smart contracts (e.g. Ethereum) 
    • dApps
    • Hyperledger(Hyperledger Fabric)
  • Concepts from Bitcoins
    • Hashing and Dual Key Encryption
    • Proof of Work
    • Merkle Tree
    • CPU v/s GPU mining
    • Consensus

Blockchain for Development

  • Ethereum Virtual Machine
  • Introdution to Solidty
  • Usage of Solidity IDE
  • Setting up your first private Ethereum Network
    • go-ethereum
    • Genesis File
    • Solc Compiler
    • Remix IDE
  • Connecting Nodes to Network
  • Greeter
  • Web3 Framework

Getting Started with Hyperledger Fabric

  • Brief Background and Introduction
  • Installations
  • Binary and Docker Images
  • Hyperledger Fabrics Samples

Setting up a Hyperledger Network

  • Installations
  • Network Artifacts
  • Bringing Network Up or Down
  • Crypto Generator and Configuration Transaction
  • Starting the Network
    • Environment Variables
    • Channels and Chaincode
    • Query and Invokes
    • Docker Logs
    • Chaincode Logs

Your First Application

  • Setting up a Test Network
  • Network-Application Interactions
  • Playing with Ledger
    • Quering
    • Updates and Modifications

Conclusion