This course fulfills CPE objectives.

After this course, learners should be able to:

  • Recall general facts concerning the origins of Ethereum, including broad timelines of key events.

  • Explain Ethereum in simple terms, including the role smart contracts and DApps play.

  • Recognize, at a high level, how the Ethereum Virtual Machine works and its basic components.

  • Identify characteristics of the proof-of-stake consensus mechanism and how it differs from proof-of-work.

  • Distinguish between the distinct layers of blockchain technology.

Course curriculum preview

Here's what you'll learn in this course.

    1. Course Intro

    2. Agenda & Course Objectives

    1. The Ethereum Timeline

    2. Review Question #1

    1. Ethereum is...

    2. Smart Contracts

    3. Decentralized Apps (Dapps)

    4. Review Question #2

    1. The Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)

    2. Proof-of-Stake

    3. Ether is...

    4. Review Question #3

    1. The Layers of Blockchain

    2. The Blockchain "Trilemma"

    1. Course Outro

About this course

  • 16 lessons
  • 1 hour of video content
  • 1.0 CPE Credit (Information Technology)
  • Prerequisites: Blockchain 101

Other CPE Info

  • Program Level

    Update

  • Preparation

    None

  • Delivery

    QAS Self Study

BitAlpha, Inc. (DBA Bitwave) is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website:www.nasbaregistry.org.