The 10 Best Blockchain Courses in 2024

The meteoric rise of cryptocurrency and its flagship, Bitcoin, has everyone frothing at the mouths about the possibilities inherent in the underlying technology behind it. Blockchain technology, if current markets and analysts are to be believed, is going to rule the world. In every sector, from logistics to finance to voting, blockchain tech is being cobbled together to take the principles of decentralized, trust-free transactions and distributed ledgers and apply them to integral aspects of society.

And you want in on the party. Whether it’s to beef up your own development skills using blockchain or to learn more about this evolving and complex new technology to sharpen your investment practices, a great blockchain course can be worth its weight in (digital) gold.

Blockchain courses offer a range of options based on your own starting point and learning outcomes. We’ll go over what to expect from various courses, what might suit you, and then show you a list of the top ten online blockchain courses.

Which Blockchain Course Is Right for Me?

It depends on your goals.

Knowledge of blockchain tech is a definite professional advantage in the current climate. Many companies are waking up to the opportunities provided by Bbockchain, and the demand is high.

We’ve grouped the courses on our list into these four types.

Apprentice

If you want a taste of the new technological revolution and to get an idea of what Mark Cuban and Elon Musk are blathering on about, there are plenty of great courses available to give you a taste of the basics. We’ll indicate which ones require no prerequisite knowledge right in the review. Some have a small coding element, but others are totally beginner-friendly.

Developer

You may have some coding skills in your locker already – either at a hobby or a professional level, and want to turn your hand to blockchain. Perhaps you’ve got an idea for a smart contract you want to launch or just are looking to have some fun. If so, there are great courses for the hobby coder or the serious programmer on our list to develop and apply their skills.

Enterprise

You may be looking for opportunities to either use or invest in blockchain and are curious about the applications it could have to your business. Several courses on our list will be suitable for you.

FinTech and DeFi

There is a financial revolution going on. M3 might not be the final evolution of money, after all. Or is it M4? Who’s counting? – Except, of course, the myriad and baroque systems doing just that at accelerated rates, and which are the cause of this entire technological spurt. If you want insight on the cryptographic tunnels that are reimagining the terrain of our financial system – these courses might be right for you.

In all four types, you’ll find some courses are more practical-based while others are more theory-based. You might be a hands-on learner or want to gain specific skills, or you may just want the deep knowledge underpinning the systems. We’ll give an indication of the expected ratio between theory and practice in the reviews.

So, let’s mine the first block and get this ledger of the best blockchain courses distributed to the network.

Top 10 Best Blockchain Courses 2024

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1. Blockchain A-Z: Learn How To Build Your First Blockchain

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Why we like it

The practical element running alongside the theory and the fact that a basic knowledge of Python will allow you to have a working blockchain by the end of the course.

As the course title suggests, this is meant to be a course that takes you from the first imaginations of what a Blockchain is to the completion of your own finished blockchain (or a least a pretty clean idea of how to do it going forward).

Its breadth, and the fact it has a practical element, make it great for those of you who want more than just a theory bomb dumped into your brain, or who are looking for a mentor or guide to take you through some steps you may already have tried yourself.

If you have a basic knowledge of Python, you can complete the practical aspect of the course. As well as covering the theory, the course pushes onto the notion of smart contracts and how they can be utilized using blockchain tech, and you will fiddle with basic smart contract implementation.

Due to its practical learning nature, this course is not ideal for those who want to sit back and be educated. There is certainly a lot of that with the 14.5 hours of on-demand video, but the videos are best used to follow along with by testing your own code using the techniques provided.

It’s great for hobby coders, can-do general learners, or those with a specific project in mind but need some tools and organization to start. It should really only be skipped if you already know the basics—then, something like Ethereum and Solidity: The Complete Developer's Guide might be a better fit.

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2. Blockchain and Bitcoin Fundamentals

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Why we like it

An extremely beginner friendly course that focuses on introducing Bitcoin and Blockchain in an easy, accessible way.

Bitcoin – a dotcom-esque bubble? A new global currency? A death knell for governments and the financial institutions they control us with?

Or perhaps it's just a very accurate and secure way of recording a ledger, and everyone needs to calm the heck down. Whatever it is, you've almost certainly heard of it if you're on this page, and maybe also heard about the basement-dwelling never-do-well you used to know from school who is currently picking out his new Lamborghini.

Bitcoin's value as the first expression of a blockchain technology gone global means it is a flag carrier for the cryptocurrency market as a whole. As the genesis coin, the way it utilized blockchain tech set the standard and the parameters for what's to come.

This course looks intimately at what Bitcoin is, what it does, and how it operates, while simultaneously giving a general grounding on the blockchain tech that underpins it and how it can be applied in other ways.

A great starter course, but it's a little short if you're serious about blockchain, and is best considered a primer. You’ll want to supplement it with something more in-depth like Professional Certificate in Blockchain Fundamentals after.

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3. Professional Certificate in Blockchain Fundamentals

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Why we like it

Although catering to beginners, this UC Berkeley-backed course has a more professional focus and discusses beginner blockchain with a focus on enterprise applications.

If you're looking for an introduction to Blockchain but are focusing on learning for professional development, this course is suitable for you. It tackles the underlying mechanisms that surround the technology and its future applications from the standpoint of how they will be utilized in business applications.

Covering Bitcoin, Ethereum, dApps (applications on specific cryptocurrencies networks – short for 'decentralized apps') and alternatives to Bitcoin's energy-consuming proof-of-work mechanism, the course is a sober and professional look at the crypto-fuelled future – and, importantly, the obstacles that are going to arise as they are implemented.

As it's offered by the Computer Science department by UC Berkeley, there is some heft to the certificate that you are awarded, and it's a great first professional step for a career or specialization in blockchain.

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4. Blockchain Basics

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Why we like it

A beginner-friendly course that goes a bit further than most, and is more hands-on with setting up mines and wallets through its practical modules.

This course, although covering the "basics", is extremely broad in the subjects it covers. It covers mining, setting up nodes on the Ethereum network, wallets, hashes and all the other nitty computational gritty – and basic interaction and task workflows with crypto software – that you might need to know about and operate if you're getting into crypto.

If you're unsure what the terms above are, this course might not be for you—start with something like this basic primer. Yet if you're open about the prospect of setting up your own mine, or are looking for ways to interact with the Ethereum network, this course is fantastic.

Better yet, it doesn't skimp on the "basics" either. If you are a complete beginner and all the terms above make no sense, they will by the end of this course – it'll just be a lot of work.

This is because the instruction is broadly practical and expects learners to want to achieve the practical goals laid out within the documentation and the videos. So coffee cup and chill learners might find more suitable courses elsewhere on this list.

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5. Blockchain Specialization

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Why we like it

It’s a great beginner blockchain course that is focused on skilling up developers and those who know how to code.

If you have some developmental nous, are proficient at a modern high-level programming language, and are seeking to expand and utilize those skills using blockchain technology, this course can’t be beat.

The course focuses on developing decentralized applications on the Ethereum network and is ideal for those seeking to learn more about smart contracts and the underlying theory behind the tech. It's method-based and teaches you how to actually execute the theory it teaches, including peer-to-peer contracts and using Solidity to write smart contracts – but it's not as straightforward or A to Z as other courses on this list. You may know nothing about blockchain, but you'd be expected to know your way and then some around a computer and mathematics.

If you're a developer and want to get into blockchain – this is a great course to wet your whistle and get the basic pragmatics down alongside a whole chunk of theory.

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6. Ethereum and Solidity: The Complete Developer’s Guide

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Why we like it

The focus on Ethereum and Solidity make this an excellent course for coders looking to develop on that ecosystem.

Ethereum is the leading "alt-coin" on the market. Although Eth maxis would argue that it’s big enough that it’s not an alt-coin at all. The ancient, clanking giant that first enamored the crypto-public with the term smart contracts, Ethereum is – at a basic theoretical level – an attempt to create a decentralized supercomputer that is capable of executing a whole ecosystem of subprojects under its monolithic umbrella.

To call Ethereum a "currency" alone is to wildly misunderstand its possibilities and use-cases, and It's also currently the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap - a position no one expects to change anytime soon.

You probably know all this if you're looking to develop on Ethereum. You might also know you need to learn Solidity, a language that is otherwise not that common. One of Ethereum's barriers to entry is that without knowing it, you can't program on the chain. Although "oracles" are in development to help translate various code languages to work on Ethereum, most people foresee any major developer on the network should have a more than capable grasp of it.

If you're looking to learn to take advantage of the opportunities within the ecosystem, this course helps with just that. If you want to learn Solidity and get into Ethereum, go for this one.

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7. Smart Contract Development: CryptoDoggies

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Why we like it

A fun, playful course that has solid educational fundamentals and a learn-by-doing approach.

If you're a hobby coder who's looking for a light-hearted tone as the methodology behind creating smart contracts is explained, this course is a fantastic little primer that allows you to create a token game on an Ethereum smart contract. By doing this, you learn the basics of Solidity and how to use it to create a dApp, and it allows you to practice constructing basic tokenomics for your coin and a foundational understanding of what an ERC token is and how it operates.

The course is suitable if you're using MacOS, Windows or Linux to code, and there is a developmental setup explained for each of these operating systems. The teacher, Nathan Glover, is upbeat, communicative and gives his explanations a playful air that keeps the rather arcane topic breezy and enjoyable. The dog tokens evoke the most famous meme currency – DOGE coin – and there is a sense of playfulness and wonder throughout as you wander through the possibilities of the Ethereum Imaginarium.

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8. Blockchain and FinTech: Basics, Applications, and Limitations

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Why we like it

An excellent and consistent focus on the financial opportunities within the blockchain sector, but which starts from the beginning.

Blockchain tech, as a result of Bitcoin and the natural properties of the tech, has inextricably become linked to finance. It makes sense, as blockchain tech is really just a secure, decentralized ledger that performs many functions of the banking system at an innate level.

It goes further though. Due to the possibilities of creating liquidity tools and the hot emerging market of decentralized finance, or DeFi, every financial institution in the world is starting to pay attention to, or is already setting up systems to integrate with, the world of cryptocurrency.

If you're in finance and want to understand more about Fintech – the combination of finance and technology, then this is a neat little course that also covers Blockchain as a whole. So if you're not too sure on the general technology yet, but want a starter explanation that is focused on the context of financial applications, then this course is ideal – if slightly less meaty than other fintech courses available.

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9. Blockchain Revolution in Financial Services

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Why we like it

A great intermediate or advanced course for finance professionals or investors looking for a deep dive into what is offered by Blockchain.

This is a more meaty and applied variant of a Fintech-focused blockchain course. You may have a fairly solid grasp of the basics of cryptocurrency but are looking to expand your knowledge in a more enterprise-focused way and learn how to create strategies and systems to maximize it.

It has an excellent module on challenges facing the industry that is dispassionate and useful and helps learners remain savvy about the roadblocks that are coming, both for developers and the wider market itself.

There is applied learning as part of this course, as you produce a Strategic Action Plan where you relate knowledge of blockchain as gleaned from the course to the financial services industry and evaluate a promising use-case and how you could apply it. As you develop it across the weeks of the course, new methods and understanding are introduced so you can refine it. This continuous and learn-by-research approach means you need to be quite focused and driven to get the most out of this course, but it's well worth it if you do.

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10. Blockchain Technologies and Applications for Business

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Why we like it

An accredited course from UC Berkeley that counts towards a business certificate.

This course is most suitable for business owners or those seeking to apply blockchain solutions at a significant scale as part of a larger financial institution or corporation. Professionals from walks of life such as insurance, real estate, and IT can also find great opportunities for professional growth from the teaching this course provides.

There are 8 taught modules covering privacy considerations, regulatory demands, and obstacles enterprises face when utilizing blockchain tech. There are also six technical workshops, where learners will make their own cryptocurrencies, blockchains, and wallets and deep dive into various aspects of the technology.

A significantly more serious and expensive course than others on our list, the program counts towards a certificate of business excellence, and if you're a committed learner, there is no reason this could not be woven into a larger program of study across the financial sector as a whole.

Yes, the information in this course can mostly be learned for free or at a far lower cost, but the certification offered and quality of teaching on offer make this worth the cost for specific learners. Those who aren’t ready to dive deep should take a cheaper, shorter introductory course first, though.

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