Course overview
Strengthen your technical understanding of blockchain and evaluate the different platforms to create your own blockchain solution architecture, without even needing to code.
Designing Blockchain Solutions builds on our Developing Blockchain Strategy course. We’re moving beyond the theory here, and onto practical applications – using blockchain to solve real world business problems. This course requires a more technical understanding and will be a deeper dive into the fundamentals of blockchain infrastructure.
Along the way, you’ll be supported by expert mentors, complete an end-to-end industry project and delve into blockchain tools like Ethereum, Sawtooth, Fabric and Composer. There’s no other course like it in Australia.
This course builds on Developing Blockchain Strategy, taking you on a more technical, solutions driven approach. You’ll learn to design blockchain solutions, assess opportunities and pitfalls, pick the best strategy and scope actual blockchain solution infrastructure. No coding required.
What you'll learn
This course builds on Developing Blockchain Strategy, taking you on a more technical, solutions driven approach. You’ll learn to design blockchain solutions, assess opportunities and pitfalls, pick the best strategy and scope actual blockchain solution infrastructure. No coding required.
You’ll Learn:
- How to approach a blockchain design challenge
- How to Analyse real-world blockchain case studies
- To Evaluate platforms including Ethereum, Sawtooth, Fabric and Composer
- How to understand the implementation of smart contracts and how to manage them
- To complete an end-to-end blockchain design projects
Study method
- Online
- Blended
- In-class
- Virtual
Duration study load
- 6 weeks
- Approximately 5-8 hours per week
Course features
- Weekly expert webinar – Q&A
- 3x videos & content per week
- Industry experts discuss key themes
- Your own industry mentor
- Weekly webinars
- Q&A over Slack
- Join a dynamic community of lifelong learners
Subjects
- Current landscape for blockchain and DLT and integration with existing tech
- End-to-end project process
- Reference architecture and functional requirements
- Discover the blockchain tech stack: core building blocks, cryptography, nodes and transactions
- Understand and managing smart contracts
- Network types – public, private and consortium
- Consensus mechanisms
- On-chain and off-chain governance
- Deep dive into key platforms including Hyperledger (Sawtooth, Fabric) and Ethereum
- Platform evaluation framework
- Vendor assessment framework
- Project reflection with peers
- Tap into industry experts
- Future exploration on emerging trends
About RMIT Future Skills
Our online short-courses have been designed by industry experts. We have partnered with leading employers from key businesses such as Tigerspike, jtribe, Bilue, Stone & Chalk, Accenture, Paper Giant and REA Group. It’s a chance to learn from the best in the business. Half the battle is who you know, and we know a lot of people.
