Blockchain Advanced Learning Path - Smart contracts, Decentralized Applications and DAO

In this learning path, we are going to dig further into the topic of decentralization and blockchain; in the previous path, we described the principles behind a blockchain and presented it as a technology that allows to store data in a secure, transparent, verifiable, resilient and immutable way. However, mainly with the Ethereum platform, a blockchain has become also a decentralized platform able to run arbitrary code, in other word to execute tasks in a secure, automatic, unstoppable and verifiable way. This mechanism is called a Smart Contract. Based on that artefact, Decentralized Applications (DApps) and Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) have appeared. Let’s dig into these exciting technologies that have the potential to completely modify the way we consider and perform many of our daily tasks and can question the role of traditional authorities. Although in this path we will mainly focus on the Ethereum blockchain, there are other blockchains that can be used to deploy DApps and DAOs.