With global spending on blockchain expected to grow from 1.5 billion in 2018 to 15.9 billion by 2023, organisations in every business sector are racing to understand the benefits and applications of blockchain technology.

But what is blockchain and how is it transforming the way we do business?

This course will take you from blockchain’s bitcoin beginnings to an exploration of how DLT is changing business models with smart contracts and data coordination.

Alongside experts from UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies – the oldest and largest academic blockchain centre in the world – you’ll discover how blockchain can be used to transform business processes, inform critical business decision-making, and change how data value is stored and transferred.

What topics will you cover?

• What are blockchains and distributed ledger technologies?
• How blockchains can be used as a means to decentralise processes, for example payments
• How blockchains can be applied to supply chains to improve transparency and better reconciliation of data
• How blockchains can be used as a means of establishing better provenance and how smart contracts can be used to automate processes that rely on trusted information
• Practical case study examples of blockchain and DLT use
• Hear from real world companies on deployments of this revolutionary technology
• Learn frameworks on how to apply DLT to your business or to a use case