This second course of the Blockchain specialization will help you design, code, deploy and execute a smart contract – the computational element of the blockchain technology. Smart contracts allow for implementing user-defined operations of arbitrary complexity that are not possible through plain cryptocurrency protocols. They allow users to implement conditions, rules and policies of the domain applications. Smart contracts are a powerful feature that, when properly designed and coded, can result in autonomous, efficient and transparent systems.
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Knowledge of at least one modern, high-level programming language is required, as well as completion of the course titled, "Blockchain Basics".
Approx. 17 hours to complete
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This second course of the Blockchain specialization will help you design, code, deploy and execute a smart contract.
Skills you will gain
- Cryptocurrency
- Blockchain
- Solidity
- Smart Contract
- Remix IDE
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Course 2 of 4 in the
Intermediate Level
Knowledge of at least one modern, high-level programming language is required, as well as completion of the course titled, "Blockchain Basics".
Approx. 17 hours to complete
English
Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, Korean, German, Russian, English, Spanish
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University at Buffalo
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
4 hours to complete
Smart Contract Basics
The purpose of this module is to introduce the reasons for a smart contract and its critical role in transforming blockchain technology from enabling decentralized systems. We will explore the structure and basic concepts of a smart contract through examples, and illustrate Remix (remix.ethereum.org) web IDE for deploying and interacting with a smart contract.
4 hours to complete
5 videos (Total 33 min), 6 readings, 5 quizzes
5 hours to complete
Solidity
Our goal is to master the basics of Solidity, a high-level language that is a combination of Javascript, Java and C++. It is specially designed to write smart contracts and to target the Ethereum Virtual Machine. Learners will be able to follow demonstrations and practice using Solidity.
5 hours to complete
7 videos (Total 47 min), 5 readings, 6 quizzes
4 hours to complete
Putting it all Together
This module focuses on the development of the Ballot smart contract incrementally to illustrate various features including time dependencies, validation outside the function code using access modifiers, asserts and require declarations, and event logging.
4 hours to complete
8 videos (Total 36 min), 4 readings, 5 quizzes
4 hours to complete
Best Practices
This module will focus on best practices including evaluating whether a blockchain-based solution is suitable for your problem, designing Solidity smart contracts, and those relating to Remix IDE.
4 hours to complete
3 videos (Total 16 min), 4 readings, 2 quizzes
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TOP REVIEWS FROM SMART CONTRACTS
by AANov 15, 2018
Good course, well explained for beginners. Along with the course, pay attention to reading section especially referred youtube course of solidity for more examples.
by JAAug 3, 2019
Some concepts are under-explained, but an overall strong foundation to Smart Contracting. The course directs students to many external resources that can help.
by YHJun 28, 2018
Good class. It can be even better if more coding assignments can be added. Currently there is only one coding assignment, which makes the course a little too easy.
by MSMay 27, 2021
This course was very good. I have already had the experience of learning from Professor Bina. She teach very patiently and accurately. This course was very useful for me.
About the Blockchain Specialization
This specialization introduces blockchain, a revolutionary technology that enables peer-to-peer transfer of digital assets without any intermediaries, and is predicted to be just as impactful as the Internet. More specifically, it prepares learners to program on the Ethereum blockchain. The four courses provide learners with (i) an understanding and working knowledge of foundational blockchain concepts, (ii) a skill set for designing and implementing smart contracts, (iii) methods for developing decentralized applications on the blockchain, and (iv) information about the ongoing specific industry-wide blockchain frameworks.
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