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WORKSHOP SERIES - Mastering Blockchain Technology & Building on Cardano:From Fundamentals to Practical Applications- University of Ruhuna

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​Workshop Series - University of Ruhuna - Organized by UOR IEEE Students Branch - Hosted by CoinCeylon

​​Topic: Mastering Blockchain Technology and Building on Cardano: From Fundamentals to Practical Applications

​​Workshop Structure

​​Duration: 4 workshops, with each session building upon the previous one. Students will gain fundamental and technical expertise, practical experience, and certification/internship opportunities.

​​(Completed on 28/05/2025)

​​Workshop 1: Principles of Blockchain Technology and the Cardano Ecosystem

​​Duration: 2 hours

​Objective: To build a strong foundation in blockchain concepts and introduce the unique Cardano ecosystem.

​​Topics Covered:

  • ​​Blockchain fundamentals: Decentralized ledgers, nodes, and consensus mechanisms

  • ​​Introduction to Proof of Work and Proof of Stake (with deeper analysis in Workshop 2)

  • ​​Overview of the Cardano ecosystem:

    • ​​Cardano's creative philosophy: Scalability, interoperability, and sustainability

    • ​​Cardano layers: Settlement Layer (CSL) and Computation Layer (CCL)

    • ​​Governance and community role

  • ​​Practical blockchain applications: Case studies related to identity, supply chain, and Decentralized Finance (DeFi)

  • ​​Practical activities: Observing and analyzing live blockchain transactions

​​Outcome: Students will gain an understanding of the theoretical and practical aspects of blockchain, the Cardano ecosystem structure, and its practical applications.

​මාතෘකාව: Blockchain තාක්‍ෂණය ප්‍රගුණ කිරීම සහ මත ගොඩනැගීම: මූලික කරුණු සිට යථාර්ථවාදී යෙදුම් දක්වා

​​වැඩමුළුව 1: Blockchain තාක්‍ෂණයේ මූලධර්ම සහ Cardano පද්ධතිය

​​කාලසීමාව: පැය 2

​​අරමුණ: Blockchain සංකල්ප සඳහා ශක්තිමත් පදනමක් ගොඩනැගීම සහ Cardano හි අනන්‍ය පද්ධතිය හඳුන්වා දීම.

​​ආවරණය කරන මාතෘකා:

​​1.Blockchain මූලික කරුණු: විමධ්‍යගත ලෙජර්, නෝඩ්ස්, සහ එකඟතා යාන්ත්‍රණයන්.Proof of Work සහ Proof of Stake හැඳින්වීම (වැඩමුළුව 2 හි ගැඹුරු විශ්ලේෂණයක්).

​​2.Cardano පද්ධතිය පිළිබඳ දළ විශ්ලේෂණය:

​​Cardano හි නිර්මාණාත්මක දර්ශනය: පරිමාණීයතාව, අන්තර්ක්‍රියාකාරීත්වය, සහ තිරසාරභාවය.

​​Cardano ස්ථර: පියවීමේ ස්ථරය (CSL) සහ ගණනය කිරීමේ ස්ථරය (CCL).

​​පාලනය සහ ප්‍රජා කාර්යභාරය.

​​3.යථාර්ථවාදී Blockchain යෙදුම්: අනන්‍යතාව, සැපයුම් දාමය, සහ විමධ්‍යගත මූල්‍ය (DeFi) සම්බන්ධ සිද්ධි අධ්‍යයනය.

​​ප්‍රායෝගික ක්‍රියාකාරකම්:

​​සජීවී blockchain ගනුදෙනු නැරඹීම සහ විශ්ලේෂණය කිරීම.

​​ප්‍රතිඵලය

​​සිසුන්ට blockchain හි න්‍යායාත්මක සහ ප්‍රායෝගික අංශ, Cardano පද්ධති ව්‍යුහය, සහ එහි යථාර්ථවාදී යෙදුම් පිළිබඳව අවබෝධයක් ලැබෙනු ඇත.

​​blockchain තාක්ෂණය සමඟ අනාගතය විවෘත කිරීමට මෙම අවස්ථාව අතපසු නොකරන්න.

​​(Scheduled on 04/06/2025)

​Workshop 2: Blockchain Technical Fundamentals - UTXO Model and Smart Contracts

​​Duration: 2 hours Objective: To introduce students to technical models, wallets, and basic smart contract principles.

​​Topics Covered:

  • ​​Blockchain technical principles:

    • ​​Public and private keys

    • ​​UTXO and eUTXO models

    • ​​Cryptographic hashing

    • ​​Comparison with Ethereum's account-based model

  • ​​Decentralized wallets:

    • ​​Blockchain wallets: Definition and use cases

    • ​​Seed keys, custodial and non-custodial wallets

    • ​​Using wallets to interact with Web3 platforms

    • ​​Staying secure: Risks and best practices

  • ​​Practical activities:

    • ​​Creating wallets and transferring assets

    • ​​Interacting with a Web3 application

    • ​​Demonstrating security risks and how to protect assets

​​Outcome: Students will understand wallet operations, secure asset management, and practical wallet uses beyond transactions.

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​වැඩමුළුව 2: Blockchain තාක්ෂණික මූලික කරුණු - UTXO ආකෘතිය සහ Smart Contracts

​​කාලසීමාව: පැය 2

​​අරමුණ: සිසුන්ට තාක්ෂණික ආකෘති, පසුම්බි, සහ මූලික smart contract මූලධර්ම හඳුන්වා දීම.

​​ආවරණය කරන මාතෘකා:

​​Blockchain තාක්ෂණික මූලධර්ම:

​​පොදු සහ පෞද්ගලික යතුරු.

​​UTXO සහ eUTXO ආකෘති.

​​ක්‍රිප්ටෝග්‍රැෆික හැෂින්.

​​Ethereum හි ගිණුම් පාදක ආකෘතිය සමඟ සංසන්දනය.

​​විමධ්‍යගත පසුම්බි:

​​Blockchain පසුම්බි: නිර්වචනය සහ භාවිත අවස්ථා.

​​බීජ යතුරු, භාරකාර සහ භාරකාර නොවන පසුම්බි.

​​Web3 වේදිකා සමඟ අන්තර්ක්‍රියා කිරීමට පසුම්බි භාවිතය.

​​ආරක්ෂිතව සිටීම: අවදානම් සහ හොඳම භාවිතයන්.

​​ප්‍රායෝගික ක්‍රියාකාරකම්:

​​පසුම්බි නිර්මාණය කිරීම සහ වත්කම් මාරු කිරීම.

​​Web3 යෙදුමක් සමඟ අන්තර්ක්‍රියා කිරීම.

​​ආරක්ෂක අවදානම් සහ වත්කම් ආරක්ෂා කරන ආකාරය පෙන්වීම.

​​ප්‍රතිඵලය: සිසුන්ටපසුම්බිමෙහෙයුම්, ආරක්ෂිතවත්කම්කළමනාකරණය, සහගනුදෙනුවලටඑහාගියප්‍රායෝගික පසුම්බි භාවිතයන්පිළිබඳව අවබෝධය ක්ලැබෙනු ඇත.

​​(Completed on 11/06/2025)

​Workshop 3: Building Applications on Blockchain

​​Duration: 2 hours Objective: To introduce students to blockchain application development using basic Web2 concepts.

​​Topics Covered:

  • ​​Developing blockchain applications:

    • ​​Using Cardano CLI to create an NFT on the Testnet

    • ​​Introduction to IPFS for decentralized data storage

    • ​​Setting up and understanding the operation of a Cardano node

  • ​​Building applications using familiar tools:

    • ​​Connecting Web2 concepts with blockchain development

  • ​​Practical activities:

    • ​​Creating an NFT on the Cardano testnet using CLI

    • ​​Storing and retrieving data through IPFS

    • ​​Setting up and exploring a Cardano node

​​Outcome: Students will gain practical experience using tools to build simple blockchain applications, preparing them for advanced projects.

​​​(Scheduled on 18/06/2025)

​Workshop 4: Governance and Building Practical Blockchain Applications

​​Duration: 2 hours Objective: To provide an understanding of Cardano governance, practical applications, and smart contract development.

​​Topics Covered:

  • ​​Practical blockchain use cases:

    • ​​Applications in supply chain, healthcare, and financial sectors

  • ​​Introduction to Smart Contracts:

    • ​​Tools and steps for creating and deploying a basic smart contract on the Cardano testnet

  • ​​Cardano's governance system:

    • ​​The role of Decentralized Representatives (DReps) and the On-Chain Constitution

    • ​​Proposing and voting on governance funding proposals

  • ​​Certificate preparation and final projects:

    • ​​Review of workshop content and preparation for certification exams

    • ​​Presentations of any project (dApp, smart contract, or governance proposal) by participants

​​Practical activities:

  • ​​Simulating a proposal and voting process

  • ​​Building and deploying a basic smart contract

​​Outcome: Students will gain an understanding of Cardano's governance mechanisms and demonstrate their learning by building and presenting practical blockchain solutions.

​​Certification Path and Internship Opportunities

​​Certificate Award:

  • ​​A participation recognition certificate will also be provided by Coin Ceylon.

  • ​​Participants will also be shown the pathway into achieving a free Verified certification by Cardano Academy, this certificate enhances students' qualifications in the blockchain ecosystem.

​​Coin Ceylon Internship Opportunities:

  • ​​Talent Selection: Students with the best results will be offered paid internship opportunities with Coin Ceylon.

  • ​​Internship Roles:

    • ​​Working on practical Cardano projects

    • ​​Gaining practical experience in blockchain development, governance, and community building

    • ​​Learning from blockchain professionals and world-class leaders in technology

​​Additional Benefits for Participants:

  • ​​Skills Development: Detailed knowledge of blockchain and Cardano-specific tools

  • ​​Professional Development: Certifications and internship opportunities enhance job qualifications

  • ​​Network Expansion: Collaborating with blockchain experts and connecting with global Cardano initiatives

​​More Details - www.coinceylon.com/WSRuhunaUniversity

Location
Faculty of Engineering - University of Ruhuna
Hapugala, 35HR+PQW, Wakwella Rd, Galle, Sri Lanka
Faculty of Engineering Old Computer Centre
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