Blockchain for Business Workshop

Introduction:

Build confidence with a clear, practical grasp of blockchain principles, core tech, use cases, and risks – no jargon overload.

This workshop can be tailored to your organization’s specific needs, incorporating relevant industry examples, challenges, and opportunities.

Workshop Objectives:

• Gain a better understanding of how blockchain can (or can’t) help in your business, including practical assessments of fit and limitation.
• Grasp blockchain history, invention, purpose, problem solved, and first applications.
• Understand high level technical workings like consensus, cryptography, hashing, signatures, blockchain standards and P2P networking.
• Explore real use cases including DeFi, notarization, stablecoins, gaming, and supply chain.
• Learn how to pick the right blockchain technology for business needs.
• Review the ecosystem components and tools.

Target Group:

• Business managers
• Non-technical leaders

Daily Agenda & Outline (2 days):

Day #1

Section 1: History of Blockchain

• Who is Satoshi Nakamoto, and what sparked the 2008 whitepaper?
• What core problem did blockchain aim to fix in digital transactions?
• How did early ideas evolve into the first blockchain launch?

Section 2: How Blockchain Works

• What makes a distributed ledger “immutable” at a high level?
• How do cryptography tools like signatures and hashing build trust?
• Why is peer-to-peer networking key to avoiding central control?
• What are Smart Contracts? How are they different from the standard software?

Section 3: Key Use Cases

• How might notarization or stablecoins solve everyday business pains?
• In what ways can Decentralized Finance reshape lending or trading?
• What opportunities do standards like ERC20 open?

Day #2

Section 4: How to Pick the Right Technology

• When would you choose public over private blockchains?
• What trade-offs matter most: speed, cost, or security?
• How do you evaluate maturity and fit for your operations?

Section 5: Ecosystem Overview

• Who are the main players, from nodes to oracles?
• How do tools like privacy proofs or scalability fixes connect?
• What resources can help you dive deeper into the community?

Wrap Up: Questions and Next Moves:

• Brainstorm a pilot idea for your business.
• Share key takeaways and lingering questions.
• Action: Identify one process to explore with blockchain.