Welcome to the Basics of Blockchain Workshop powered by XDC.

As the world is rapidly moving towards adopting Web3 technologies, and new innovations happening in this space every day like the metaverse or decentralized finance, it is extremely important to know how to use this new technology. Not only would this give you an in depth look into how to work with concepts within blockchain, it will also give you an edge over your peers if you choose to build something of your own in this space. Keeping this in mind, this workshop has been structured to beginner friendly with no pre-requisite knowledge needed whatsoever.

This workshop has been made free for everyone, and will have a certificate at the end for all those who are able to complete it.

This workshop is divided into two parts, the fundamental concepts and advanced concepts. This part teaches the fundamental concepts, which include:

1. What are blockchain wallets and how to transfer cryptocurrency using them.
2. How to use the block explorer to obtain detailed insights on the status of transactions or blocks, and what each parameter displayed means.
3. How to use a status dashboard to understand the overall health of a blockchain, and understanding what each term on the dashboard means.
4. Deploying a very simple smart contract onto the XDC Test network using Metamask, and interacting with it once it has been deployed.