Advanced Blockchain and Digital Currency Technology This course is presented in London on: 07 February 2018, 11 June 2018

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1 Advanced Blockchain and Digital Currency Technology This course is presented in London on: 07 February 2018, 11 June 2018 The Banking and Corporate Finance Training Specialist

2 Course Objectives Participants will: Be introduced to why is blockchain so important and how is blockchain used Get an overview of how organisations work and operations and technology Have explained to them what is money and how does it acquire value Gain an understanding of the banking and payments infrastructure including the advent of the internet and the case for digital money Be introduced Course to Overview the history of blockchain and digital currencies Get an overview of how blockchains and digital currencies work including the cryptographic primitives and the transactions and Consensus protocols Have explained to them cryptocurrency trading including and digital currency companies Master the regulatory, tax and compliance Background of the trainer The trainer has over 20 years commercial, operational and technical experience working for commercial/investment banks (UBS/Deutsche Bank), a central bank and regulator (the Bank of England), a management consultancy firm (A.T. Kearney) and a global technology company (Fujitsu). He brings depth in terms of operational knowledge, and breadth in terms of sector knowledge from Utilities through to Media and Entertainment. The trainer has held front and back office roles in global investment banks, senior operations and technology strategy roles, and was a General Manager at Fujitsu. The trainer has worked in architecturally complex environments, grappling with the challenge of reconciling legacy and leading edge technologies. Operationally, he has run large, client sensitive platforms demanding high levels of availability. Course Content Background and Introductions Overview Why is blockchain so important? How is blockchain used? Sector examples Market dynamics Context How organisations work Front-to-back office business processing Goods and services Operations and technology Technology architecture Centralised vs. distributed Supply and purchase How money works What is money and how does it acquire value? Banking and payments infrastructure Central banking and regulation The advent of the internet and the case for digital money THE EMERGENCE OF DIGITAL CURRENCIES AND BLOCKCHAIN

3 History of Blockchain and Digital Currencies The first digital currency The world pre-bitcoin The challenge of digital money Sending and receiving money online Bitcoin and why study it? The emergence of blockchain from Bitcoin Digital currencies - Bitcoin, Ether, Ripple, Dash, Litecoin, Zcash, Monero etc Hard forks and soft forks How Blockchains and Digital Currencies work? Cryptographic primitives The hash function SHA 256 and examples Digital signing Public / private key infrastructure The concept of identity and wallets Transactions and Consensus Protocols Blockchain, transactions and consensus; proof of work, proof of stake Sibil Attacks and Byzantine Fault Tolerance The Blockchain Game - Teams Compete to Mine their Own Digital Currency Decentralized applications, open software and smart contracts Ethereum, and EOS Examples and their application Market Overview Currency Segmentation An overview of digital currencies Market trends Initial Coin Offerings and capital raising Digital Currency Trading Exercise Cryptocurrency Trading Introduction to digital currency trading Digital currency exchanges Example trading indicators - MACD, Moving Averages, Relative Strength APIs Cyber security Corporate Structures Digital currency companies Governance The DAO and Ethereum Regulatory, Tax and Compliance Regulatory framework Tax treatment Money laundering - KYC and AML Use Cases Corporate Structures Functional transformation and sector review Business model disruption Commercials and buying digital currencies Tokenised utility - SIA, REP, GNO, GNT, BAT

4 Workshop Session: How could your organisation employ this technology? Application Opportunity Assessments Proof of Concept Strategies The Future: Where next for blockchain and digital currency technology? Vision and Opportunities Barriers Recap and Close Course Summary Developments in FinTech are transforming financial services with blockchain and distributed ledger technology at the forefront. Both The Wall Street Journal and The Economist have described it as technology that could change the world. However, the application of the underlying technology goes well beyond financial services. Blockchain allows the creation of bespoke digital currencies to support commercial transactions which can be linked to smart contracts. The immutable nature of blockchain allows the provenance of transactions, goods and services to be recorded indefinitely. The cryptographic ecosystem supporting blockchain is perfect for managing the protection, distribution and monetisation of content for Media and Entertainment businesses. Digital currencies allow the tokenisation of service delivery and from Manufacturing, through to Healthcare, use cases for this nascent technology abound. The underlying blockchains and cryptography provide technical solutions that are novel and clever, which are very different to the way current technology operates. Importantly, because they remove the need for trusted supplier intermediaries, they offer solutions which are potentially more competitive than traditional IT solutions. This course provides a grounded and sector relevant introduction to blockchain and related digital currency technology. Starting from first principles, the course approaches the technology from a number of different perspectives providing foundational knowledge that will enable delegates to return to their own organisations with a clear understanding of how this important technology impacts the bottom line. This course is a comprehensive guide to understanding and using blockchain technology, assisted through practical demonstrations and examples. It also includes an introduction to digital currency trading. It will leave people with real sense of its full potential. What Redcliffe s clients are saying about this course; Clear explanations, very structured and well organised The trainer was very good and knowledgeable in this area It was very interesting engaging and interactive, we covered very relevant and practical topics

5 09:30-17:00 London Standard Price: VAT Membership Price: VAT Delivering this course in-house for you to a number of participants could be very cost effective.