Overview
Discover the underlying principles behind the blockchain and bitcoin. This course allows you to get to grips with the different components of the blockchain process and to explore the subject that make it a key component of bitcoin.
Discover too, how and where the use of the blockchain can create value. You will explore the critical issues such as altcoins, distributed ledger technology, Ethereum, initial coin offerings and smart contracts and be able to recognize the differences between blockchain and bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
Why you should Attend
This webinar provides clear definitions and equivalences for blockchain technology. We also define Bitcoin, Ethereum, blockchain, and initial coin offerings, and highlight promising use cases for the technology as a whole.
The aim of the webinar is to create an understanding of what the blockchain is and how it works, in as non-technical a manner as is possible.
To achieve this the language we are going to use is removed from the 'techno-speak' that currently surrounds the subject, but will remain sufficiently technical so as not to lose the critical elements and features of the blockchain process.
It is difficult to discuss the blockchain without Bitcoin, so we are going to start our study with Bitcoin as we work to understand the blockchain technology’s potential. To complete our journey we will clarify the distinctions between distributed ledger technology and the blockchain, and highlight where these technologies have an application - and where they do not.
Areas Covered in the Session
Who Will Benefit
Discover the underlying principles behind the blockchain and bitcoin. This course allows you to get to grips with the different components of the blockchain process and to explore the subject that make it a key component of bitcoin.
Discover too, how and where the use of the blockchain can create value. You will explore the critical issues such as altcoins, distributed ledger technology, Ethereum, initial coin offerings and smart contracts and be able to recognize the differences between blockchain and bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
Why you should Attend
This webinar provides clear definitions and equivalences for blockchain technology. We also define Bitcoin, Ethereum, blockchain, and initial coin offerings, and highlight promising use cases for the technology as a whole.
The aim of the webinar is to create an understanding of what the blockchain is and how it works, in as non-technical a manner as is possible.
To achieve this the language we are going to use is removed from the 'techno-speak' that currently surrounds the subject, but will remain sufficiently technical so as not to lose the critical elements and features of the blockchain process.
It is difficult to discuss the blockchain without Bitcoin, so we are going to start our study with Bitcoin as we work to understand the blockchain technology’s potential. To complete our journey we will clarify the distinctions between distributed ledger technology and the blockchain, and highlight where these technologies have an application - and where they do not.
Areas Covered in the Session
- What is Bitcoin?
- What is Blockchain and how does it work?
- The Mechanics of Blockchain
- Ethereum - what is it and how it fits into the picture
- Initial Coin Offerings
- Value Creation in the Blockchain
Who Will Benefit
- All Financial Professionals
- Accountants
- Non-technical Staff of Banks
- Credit Unions
- Card Operators etc.
- Business Managers in the Financial Industry
Speaker
Stanley Epstein is a Director of Citadel Advantage Limited. He holds a Masters degree in Economics and a BCom. degree in Accounting from the University of South Africa, Pretoria. He has extensive and wide-ranging banking and IT experience, including 33 years with the Standard Bank of South Africa, where during the 1990s he filled an industry level role holding several key positions in the area of electronic payments/banking.His extensive exposure to banking practice and banking operations extends to many countries including the USA, United Kingdom, South Africa, Israel, Europe and Australia.
Who Should Attend
- All Financial Professionals
- Accountants
- Non-technical Staff of Banks
- Credit Unions
- Card Operators etc.
- Business Managers in the Financial Industry
