Understanding Crypto Currencies, Bitcoins, and Blockchains

Understanding Crypto Currencies, Bitcoins, and Blockchains

English | MP4 | AVC 1280×720 | AAC 44KHz 2ch | 7h 16m | 3.12 GB

A six hour course introducing the fundamentals of Blockchain technology, including the evolution of currency through to cryptocurreny with detailed discussions about regulation and cybercrime.

The Understanding CryptoCurrencies, Bitcoins, and Blockchains LiveLessons course provides more than 6 hours of detailed discussion introducing you to the world of Bitcoin and it’s evolution. Aamir and Keith provide a historical foundation of money, currency, trade, banking, and the advent of digital currency. They use slides and lite board demonstrations to illustrate complex Bitcoin and Blockchain concepts, and walk you through some of the transactions needed to tap into the digital currency market.

They discuss the pros and cons of decentralized banking and digital currency, including some of the large-scale cybercrime and money laundering cases affecting this new and vulnerable market, as well as some of the potential benefits in market and efficiency. They discuss some of the various types of cryptocurrencies, and what the future may hold for the market and Blockchain as a whole.

Topics include:

  1. A brief history of money
  2. Failures and frustrations of the current fiat system
  3. Bitcoin
  4. The Blockchain
  5. Cyber Crime
  6. Cryptocurrency investing
  7. AltCoins
  8. Cryptocurrenc—How it can fail
  9. Decentralized banking
  10. Innovation and future of cryptocurrencies and blockchains
  11. Applications and Innovations

Learn How

  • Monetary system has evolved to include Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies
  • How Blockchain has impacted transactions
  • The pros and cons of cryptocurrencies and blockchain
Table of Contents

01 Understanding Crypto Currencies, Bitcoins, and Blockchains – Introduction
02 Learning objectives
03 1.1 A look back–society and trading
04 1.2 How currency works
05 1.3 Currency exchanges and trading
06 Summary
07 Learning objectives
08 2.1 Common problems with modern currencies
09 2.2 Introduction to financial crimes
10 2.3 The future of current banking systems
11 Summary
12 Learning objectives
13 3.1 Introduction to Bitcoin
14 3.2 How Bitcoins are used today
15 3.3 Bitcoin mining
16 3.4 Bitcoin mixing
17 3.5 Bitcoin wallets
18 Summary
19 Learning objectives
20 4.1 Introduction to the Blockchain
21 4.2 Blockchain nodes
22 4.3 Blockchain Proof of Work
23 4.4 Bitcoin Blockchain
24 Summary
25 Learning objectives
26 5.1 History of digital money on the DarkNet
27 5.2 The DarkNet
28 5.3 Demo – Darknet OnRamp
29 Summary
30 Learning objectives
31 6.1 A basic look at cryptocurrency investing
32 6.2 ALT Coin
33 6.3 Initial Coin Offering (ICO) market
34 6.4 ICO Blockchains
35 Summary
36 Learning objectives
37 7.1 AltCoin trading
38 7.2 ETH tokens
39 7.3 LiteCoin
40 7.4 Monero
41 Summary
42 Learning objectives
43 8.1 How cryptocurrency fails
44 8.2 Uncertainty with regulation
45 8.3 Transaction fees
46 8.4 Cryptocurrency failures
47 8.5 Well known attacks
48 Summary
49 Learning objectives
50 9.1 A look at modern banking systems
51 9.2 The problems of centralized banking
52 9.3 The power of centralized banking
53 Summary
54 Learning objectives
55 10.1 Where do we go from here – Cryptocurrencies
56 10.2 Where do we go from here – Blockchains
57 10.3 Blockchains – Differing visions of the future
58 10.4 Blockchains in the healthcare community
59 10.5 Private and IT blockchain applications
60 10.6 Centralized cryptocurrency (0_00 – 3_39)
61 10.7 Cryptocurrency stability issues (3_39-11_53)
62 10.8 Additional cryptocurrency concerns (11_53-15_22)
63 10.9 Impacts and privacy (15_22-19_46)
64 Summary
65 Learning objectives
66 11.1 Healthcare market
67 11.2 Blockchain in government
68 11.3 Instant payment
69 Understanding Crypto Currencies, Bitcoins, and Blockchains – Summary