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Empowering tomorrow’s Blockchain professionals

DEC Institute
Professional Certificate inBlockchain 101
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What you will learn

  • BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Blockchain and the Internet, Innovation, Disruption & Adoption Principles, Blockchain Ecosystems, Blockchain Economics, Tokenisation in Business, Digital Asset Business Models, Decentralized Applications in Business, and more.
  • LEGAL / REGULATORY: Legal and Regulatory Treatment of Cryptoassets, Legal & Regulatory Standing of Blockchain Technology, Legal Status of Smart Contracts, Challenges of Regulating DLT, Competition Law and Antitrust, and more.
  • Upon completing the Blockchain 101 Certificate, candidates can register for the CBA®️ Level 1 exam at PearsonVUE via the DEC Institute website. Experienced professionals may also pursue Level 2 charterholder status for added career benefits.
  • The Blockchain 101 Professional Certificate comprises of two parts, which are made up of three macro-modules in each course, aligned with the Charterholder programs offered by DEC Institute.
  • TECHNOLOGY: Blockchain History, Blockchain Principles, Databases, Ledgers & DLTs, Cryptography, Consensus Mechanisms, Blockchain Architectures, Distributed File Systems, Token Standards & Minting, Blockchain Technology Stack, Smart Contracts, and more.
  • These 3 macro-modules consist of the following modules. Please see complete list of modules on the respective course page.

  • Expert instruction
    2 skill-building courses
  • Self-paced
    Progress at your own speed
  • 3 months
    3 - 4 hours per week
  • Discounted price:$297.00 Original price:$330.00 USD
    For the full program experience

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DECx's Blockchain 101 Professional Certificate

Meet your instructors
from DEC Institute (DECx)

Jiahua Xu
Walter Hernandez
Stefan Craß
Radhakrishna Dasari
Tim Weingärtner
Philipp Sandner
Masud Sultan
Manuel Klein
Silvan Andermatt
Giacomo Vella
Horst Treiblmaier
Reza Nourmohammadi
Marcel Harmann
Keith Carter
Vinzenz Treytl
Silvan Sperl
Juan Ignacio Ibañez
Charles Kerrigan
Chris DePow
Sebastian Ko
Nikhil Vadgama
Paolo Tasca
Dimitrios Salampasis
Valentin Kalinov
Sevket Pala
Aisling Connolly
Douglas Heintzman
Fatmire Bekiri
Phil Dettwiler
Yves Longchamp
Victoria Lemieux
Jane Thomason
Ian Choo
Katharina Lasota Heller
Liat Shetret
Magdalena Boškić
Arno Pernthaler
Jiahua Xu
Jiahua Xu

Research Project Manager

UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies

Walter Hernandez
Walter Hernandez

Research Associate

UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies

Stefan Craß
Stefan Craß

Senior Researcher

ABC Research

Radhakrishna Dasari
Radhakrishna Dasari

Technical Education Lead

Web3 Foundation

Tim Weingärtner
Tim Weingärtner

Professor

Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts

Philipp Sandner
Philipp Sandner

Professor

Frankfurt School Blockchain Center

Masud Sultan
Masud Sultan

Project Manager

Frankfurt School Blockchain Center

Manuel Klein
Manuel Klein

Product Manager

Leading Global Bank

Silvan Andermatt
Silvan Andermatt

Research Fellow

DEC Institute

Giacomo Vella
Giacomo Vella

Researcher

Politecnico di Milano

Horst Treiblmaier
Horst Treiblmaier

Research Fellow

DEC Institute

Reza Nourmohammadi
Reza Nourmohammadi

Post-Doctoral Fellow

UBC Blockchain Lab

Marcel Harmann
Marcel Harmann

Entrepreneur & Course Director

Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts

Keith Carter
Keith Carter

Research Fellow

DEC Institute

Vinzenz Treytl
Vinzenz Treytl

Senior Researcher

ABC Research

Silvan Sperl
Silvan Sperl

Product Specialist

AMINA Bank

Juan Ignacio Ibañez
Juan Ignacio Ibañez

Researcher

UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies

Charles Kerrigan
Charles Kerrigan

Partner

CMS Law & Tax

Chris DePow
Chris DePow

Head of Risk Management

Elliptic

Sebastian Ko
Sebastian Ko

Research Fellow

DEC Institute

Nikhil Vadgama
Nikhil Vadgama

Deputy Executive Director

UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies

Paolo Tasca
Paolo Tasca

Professor

UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies

Dimitrios Salampasis
Dimitrios Salampasis

DEC Research Fellow

DEC Institute

Valentin Kalinov
Valentin Kalinov

Research Assistant

Frankfurt School Blockchain Center

Sevket Pala
Sevket Pala

Business Strategy Analyst

DEC Institute

Aisling Connolly
Aisling Connolly

Chain Fusion - General Lead

DFINITY Foundation

Douglas Heintzman
Douglas Heintzman

Chief Catalyst

Blockchain Research Institute

Fatmire Bekiri
Fatmire Bekiri

Head of Tokenization

Sygnum Bank

Phil Dettwiler
Phil Dettwiler

DEC Research Fellow

DEC Institute

Yves Longchamp
Yves Longchamp

Managing Director

AMINA Bank

Victoria Lemieux
Victoria Lemieux

Associate Professor of Archival Studies

UBC

Jane Thomason
Jane Thomason

Research Fellow

DEC Institute

Ian Choo
Ian Choo

DEC Research Fellow

DEC Institute

Katharina Lasota Heller
Katharina Lasota Heller

Founding Partner, Attorney at Law

LEXcellence

Liat Shetret
Liat Shetret

Director of Global Policy and Regulation

Elliptic

Magdalena Boškić
Magdalena Boškić

Head of RegTech & Crypto Compliance Services

Sygnum Bank

Arno Pernthaler
Arno Pernthaler

Co-founder

DEC Institute

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