Blockchain Basics Issued by University at Buffalo (SUNY) via Coursera Instructor: Prof. Bina Ramamurthy
Four-module foundation course covering blockchain architecture from first principles. Topics included Bitcoin protocol mechanics, Ethereum structure and the EVM, smart contract incentive models and gas economics, asymmetric key cryptography, hashing for transaction integrity, decentralized consensus protocols, network robustness, and hard/soft forks. Hands-on lab work on a dedicated VM building an Ethereum test chain, creating accounts, mining blocks, and executing Ether transactions.
Skills: Blockchain Architecture, Bitcoin Protocol, Ethereum, Smart Contracts (intro), Public-Key Cryptography, Hashing, Consensus Protocols, Distributed Systems, EVM