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Title: I want to be a blockchain developer. Any good course?
Post by: cowsgomoo on March 12, 2018, 07:56:39 AM
Apologies first English is not my first language.

I have a CS degree, and I've done a few ERC20 codes out of interest.

I also have BASIC knowledge of cryptocurrency.

I want to build platform like ethereum, or EOS (I know the latter hasn't made one yet).

Right now I have no real knolwedge (except for things you can find easily on google).

I really want to learn, but I don't know how.

I live in Korea and I can't seem to find a good course here. Could anyone recommend a course?

It can cost $$$. I found one on https://blockgeeks.com/pick-your-plan/ but don't know if it's worth the money.

I would really appreciate a reply. Thank you very much.


Title: Re: I want to be a blockchain developer. Any good course?
Post by: ManaMan on March 12, 2018, 02:53:28 PM
you are right, no need to pay for information when you can find many things online. Heck even if you don't understand something or have question can post it here on forum and there are many people that will answer if they see your post and know the answer.

Here is great book written by Andreas M. Antonopoulos and many others, it is well known within the space and you can read it through github for free: https://github.com/bitcoinbook/bitcoinbook

Here are some free courses:

Blockchain for Business - An Introduction to Hyperledger Technologies : https://www.edx.org/course/blockchain-business-introduction-linuxfoundationx-lfs171x

IBM Blockchain Foundation for Developers : https://www.coursera.org/learn/ibm-blockchain-essentials-for-developers

Other than this you can read through whitepapers of many coins to understand the idea behind them and expand your knowledge.

Building your own crypto requires a lot of deduction and before you start just ask yourself if you can handle to be the dev of some coins and if you can get it noticed by others- of course it is possible but it ain't an easy job.


Title: Re: I want to be a blockchain developer. Any good course?
Post by: gexaha on March 12, 2018, 03:52:45 PM
There is a free course by Berkeley for developers, with videos and labs:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5sgoRfoSp3jeX4DEqKLwKg/videos

Haven't found a website for current spring version, but there's a fall 2017 website - https://blockchain.berkeley.edu/decal/fa17/dev/ - with slides, readings, homeworks.

They also have a course for everyone, not just developers, with all videos available on youtube: https://blockchain.berkeley.edu/decal/fa17/fund/

There's a free MOOC from UNIC, University of Nicosia, by Andreas M. Antonopoulos: https://digitalcurrency.unic.ac.cy

There's an old course on Coursera from Princeton University, Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies
: https://www.coursera.org/learn/cryptocurrency

There is a course in Russian language about fundamentals: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAKVZKVgINgKAwmAeyojMaw/videos

There's an ongoing course from MIT, but only with slides: https://github.com/mit-dci/mas.s62

Andreas M. Antonopoulos has currently also a work-in-progress book about Ethereum:
https://github.com/ethereumbook/ethereumbook


Title: Re: I want to be a blockchain developer. Any good course?
Post by: Direwolve735 on March 12, 2018, 05:34:08 PM
There is a really good course offered by IBM Developer Works (https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/) for beginners in the field of blockchain and cryptocurrency and also for those who want to explore the subject more deeply. Users will get acquainted with the basics of this system, as well as the way it is used in companies Hyperledger Fabric and IBM. Classes are free and the program is rather short. This is an excellent basic lesson for new developers and business partners who want to better understand what blockchain is. Also, the option is great for very busy people. Individual lessons are short-lived, which allows them to be included in almost any schedule.


Title: Re: I want to be a blockchain developer. Any good course?
Post by: cryptoscoope on March 13, 2018, 01:52:14 AM
you are right, no need to pay for information when you can find many things online. Heck even if you don't understand something or have question can post it here on forum and there are many people that will answer if they see your post and know the answer.

Here is great book written by Andreas M. Antonopoulos and many others, it is well known within the space and you can read it through github for free: https://github.com/bitcoinbook/bitcoinbook

Here are some free courses:

Blockchain for Business - An Introduction to Hyperledger Technologies : https://www.edx.org/course/blockchain-business-introduction-linuxfoundationx-lfs171x

IBM Blockchain Foundation for Developers : https://www.coursera.org/learn/ibm-blockchain-essentials-for-developers

Other than this you can read through whitepapers of many coins to understand the idea behind them and expand your knowledge.

Building your own crypto requires a lot of deduction and before you start just ask yourself if you can handle to be the dev of some coins and if you can get it noticed by others- of course it is possible but it ain't an easy job.

thanks


Title: Re: I want to be a blockchain developer. Any good course?
Post by: cowsgomoo on March 13, 2018, 03:21:33 AM
Thank you so much everyone I really appreciate it.

I really check all of them and try to learn from them.

Of course more recommendations are very welcome

Again, thank you very much all


Title: Re: I want to be a blockchain developer. Any good course?
Post by: Valentina N on March 13, 2018, 11:06:01 PM
Thank you so much everyone I really appreciate it.

I really check all of them and try to learn from them.

Of course more recommendations are very welcome

Again, thank you very much all

Hello! Great that you are interested in. I was checking some online courses and I have see it here in the answers! So I have no any another information about it. Just want to say what pity that almost all courses are in English. On other hand it can help to improve our English! Good luck to you and thanks for answers!


Title: Re: I want to be a blockchain developer. Any good course?
Post by: Valentina N on March 13, 2018, 11:06:57 PM
There is a free course by Berkeley for developers, with videos and labs:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5sgoRfoSp3jeX4DEqKLwKg/videos

Haven't found a website for current spring version, but there's a fall 2017 website - https://blockchain.berkeley.edu/decal/fa17/dev/ - with slides, readings, homeworks.

They also have a course for everyone, not just developers, with all videos available on youtube: https://blockchain.berkeley.edu/decal/fa17/fund/

There's a free MOOC from UNIC, University of Nicosia, by Andreas M. Antonopoulos: https://digitalcurrency.unic.ac.cy

There's an old course on Coursera from Princeton University, Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies
: https://www.coursera.org/learn/cryptocurrency

There is a course in Russian language about fundamentals: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAKVZKVgINgKAwmAeyojMaw/videos

There's an ongoing course from MIT, but only with slides: https://github.com/mit-dci/mas.s62

Andreas M. Antonopoulos has currently also a work-in-progress book about Ethereum:
https://github.com/ethereumbook/ethereumbook

Thank you a lot for your answer! This was useful for me!


Title: Re: I want to be a blockchain developer. Any good course?
Post by: jhimli on March 14, 2018, 05:08:35 AM
I found this very usefull course , all memebrs can try this one

Blockchain course
https://cognitiveclass.ai/courses/blockchain-course/

They also offer

For a limited time, we’re offering a promo code for IBM Cloud to our Cognitive Class users (that’s a value of over US$1,000 in Cloud services)!

With IBM Cloud, you can easily build and deploy apps to a production environment in the cloud. Apps that use databases, leverage machine learning, and use IBM Watson services to see, talk or chat! The sky, pun fully intended, is the limit  :)

I was joined there already !!!

its totally free !! enjoy learning


Title: Re: I want to be a blockchain developer. Any good course?
Post by: t04glovern on March 19, 2018, 04:05:55 PM
CryptoDoggies is a course I worked on to help teach ERC721 token implementations https://www.udemy.com/cryptodoggies

However this is Ethereum, but still teaches the blockchain principals


Title: Re: I want to be a blockchain developer. Any good course?
Post by: Cryptagio on March 19, 2018, 04:43:36 PM
Try Blockchain at Berkeley, they run a class for developers at Berkeley, chances are they have it online. Also you have to have knowledge of how networks work, so this is another importnant topic to cover