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

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​Workshop Series - University of Kelaniya - Organized by UOK Center for Data Science & Artificial Intelligence - Hosted by CoinCeylon

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

​Workshop Structure

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

​(Completed on 04/03/2025)

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

​Duration: 3 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 3

​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.


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

​Duration: 3 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.

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

​කාලසීමාව: පැය 3

​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)


​Workshop 3: Building Applications on Blockchain

​Duration: 3 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.

​(Completed)

​Workshop 4: Governance and Building Practical Blockchain Applications (On 20/05/2025)

​Duration: 3 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

​Certification Exam:

  • ​Students will qualify for a Blockchain Associate Certification, verifying their knowledge and skills.

​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

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Location
Faculty of Computing and Technology - University of Kelaniya
33 1st Ln, Peliyagoda 11300, Sri Lanka
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