NEURASPHERE

Blockchain and Smart Contracts: Understanding and Building on Ethereum

Total Duration: 5 months Number of Classes: 40 (2 per week)

Week-1

#Class 1 #Class 2
Introduction to Blockchain Cryptography Basics in Blockchain

Week-2

#Class 3 #Class 4
Understanding Decentralization Consensus Mechanisms: Proof of Work and Proof of Stake

Week-3

#Class 5 #Class 6
Introduction to Cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin and Ethereum Wallets and Transactions

Week-4

#Class 7 #Class 8
Ethereum Network: Accounts, Gas, and Ether Introduction to Smart Contracts

Week-5

#Class 9 #Class 10
Introduction to Solidity: Basics and Syntax Solidity: Control Structures and Functions

Week-6

#Class 11 #Class 12
Building a Basic Smart Contract Testing and Debugging Smart Contracts

Week-7

#Class 13 #Class 14
Advanced Solidity: Inheritance and Interfaces Advanced Solidity: Libraries and Modifiers

Week-8

#Class 15 #Class 16
Deployment of Smart Contracts on Ethereum Network Interacting with Smart Contracts

Week-9

#Class 17 #Class 18
Understanding ERC20 and ERC721 Tokens Building an ERC20 Token

Week-10

#Class 19 #Class 20
Building an ERC721 Token (NFT) Smart Contracts Security Considerations

Week-11

#Class 21 #Class 22
Understanding Decentralized Applications (DApps) Building a Basic DApp

Week-12

#Class 23 #Class 24
Advanced DApp Development: Frontend Interaction Advanced DApp Development: Backend Interaction

Week-13

#Class 25 #Class 26
Blockchain and IPFS: Decentralized Storage Integrating IPFS with DApps

Week-14

#Class 27 #Class 28
Ethereum 2.0: Understanding the Upgrade Transitioning to Ethereum 2.0: Impact on DApp Development

Week-15

#Class 29 #Class 30
Scaling Solutions: Layer 2 Networks, Sharding, and Rollups Exploring Other Blockchain Platforms: Comparing and Contrasting with Ethereum

Week-16

#Class 31 #Class 32
Blockchain in Industry: Use Cases Regulatory and Ethical Considerations in Blockchain Development

Week-17

#Class 33 #Class 34
Blockchain Project Management: Tools and Best Practices Advanced Topics: DAOs and DeFi

Week-18

#Class 35 #Class 36
Final Project Overview: Building a Complete DApp Final Project: Planning and Setup

Week-19

#Class 37 #Class 38
Final Project: Development and Testing Final Project: Deployment and Presentation Preparation

Week-20

#Class 39 #Class 40
Final Project Presentations Course Wrap Up and Next Steps in Blockchain

This course is designed to provide a thorough understanding of the blockchain technology, focusing especially on Ethereum and smart contract development. By the end of this course, students should have a clear understanding of the technology, how to develop on it, and its potential impacts and applications in the real world.