Architecture of Enterprise Blockchains

The course provides a broad understanding of the architecture of enterprise blockchain design from a holistic and technical perspective.

The course covers the fundamentals of crypto networks, as well as their origins in the pre-Bitcoin times. It assesses the protocols and networks by looking into e.g. different consensus mechanisms. The course defines and describes smart contracts, focusing on smart contract code. Additionally, the course does a deep dive into four selected enterprise blockchain systems or smart contract platforms: JP Morgan’s Quorum, R3’s Corda, Hyperledger Fabric and Hedera Hashgraph.

Learning objectives:

• Understand the fundamentals of blockchain protocols and networks
• Learn about the functionality of smart contracts and oracles
• Understand why permissioned blockchains are relevant for enterprises
• Know when to use enterprise blockchains like Quorum, Hyperledger Fabric, R3 Corda and Hedera

Why should you take this course?

• Enterprise blockchains enable business workflows between different stakeholders
• Smart contracts allow enterprise processes to be automated amongst companies
• Learn the basics for making informed business and investment decisions on blockchain projects
• Quizzes offer the opportunity to track your process and gain a certificate

Lecturer

Miguel Vaz is the founder of Verifiable Intelligence, a company providing blockchain solutions for AI, and director of an investment fund in the digital assets space, and a technical leader with experience in innovative technologies in the financial sector. As a management consultant at a top quant-risk boutique, he advised and worked with central banks, exchanges, commercial banks, and startups on both blockchain and AI topics, building issuance platforms, payment infrastructures, etc. He has a Ph.D. in Robotics and AI and a degree in Mathematical Finance from Oxford University. He is a co-organizer of the Frankfurt Smart Contract Meetup. 

Ali Pasha Foroughi is a software developer and tech lead with experience in both enterprises as well as in startups. He studied applied computer science at Darmstadt University. He has been contributing as a developer, software architect and CTO in a number of Frankfurt (FinTech) startups. Past experiences also include Deutsche Bahn, Deutsche Bank, German Air Traffic Control and KanAm Real Estate Investment. Besides acting as Hedera Ambassador in Germany, he is also a community co-organizer of AI Camp and the recently launched Frankfurt Smart Contract Meetup.