Blockchain Explained
A new, six-part blog series designed to give you a practical understanding of how blockchain technology works and its potential impact on the banking and finance industry. The series is complemented by a special guide on Facebook's Libra.
Developments in FinTech are transforming financial services and blockchain and distributed ledger technology are at the forefront of this revolution. Despite this, blockchain remains widely misunderstood.
To help you get to grips with how blockchain technology works and its potential benefits, risks and applications, we have launched a new blog series: Blockchain Explained. Each post provides a bite-sized explanation of a specific aspect of blockchain, so you can develop your understanding at your own pace.
The Blockchain Explained series is complemented by the special guide, Understanding Libra: Facebook's Foray into Cryptocurrency. Click here to download the guide now.
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Learn what blockchain is and why there is so much hype around it
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Understand the process to authenticate and authorise a transaction
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Many people wrongly conflate the two. Do you know the difference?
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Understand the three main risks associated with public blockchains
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As more and more blocks are added, how does the data remain manageable?
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What banks and businesses are using private blockchains today and why?
Understanding Libra
Understand how Facebook leveraged specific aspects of blockchain technology to launch a new cyrptocurrency called Libra, and its potential impact on the banking and finance sector.
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Blockchain and FinTech Courses
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Navigating the Fintech Wave: Build key knowledge on major technological fintech drivers such as AI, distributed ledgers, APIs, open banking, robotics, cloud computing, and othersLocationDatesDaysLondon24-24 Oct 20231Virtual (BST)24-24 Oct 20231
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Blockchain Essentials: Comprehend the basic and advanced blockchain concepts behind the hypeLocationDatesDaysLondon25-25 Oct 20231Virtual (BST)25-25 Oct 20231
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Blockchain in Financial Services: Learn where and how blockchain and smart contracts can be applied in finance.LocationDatesDaysLondon26-26 Oct 20231Virtual (BST)26-26 Oct 20231
