The ability to understand core blockchain principles and design, develop, and deploy smart contracts and decentralized applications.
Blockchain Technology is the ability to understand and build systems that exchange value in trustless environments based on distributed ledgers, consensus mechanisms, and cryptographic security. Starting from foundational principles, it spans the full range of blockchain engineering: smart contract development, DApp architecture design, security auditing, scaling solutions, and cross-chain infrastructure.
You learn the basic structure of blockchain based on the technical definitions in NIST IR 8202. You understand how blocks are linked into a chain, how hash functions ensure data integrity, and the difference between Proof of Work (PoW) and Proof of Stake (PoS). You can explain the fundamental differences between blockchain and traditional databases.
What Comes Next
If you've achieved most items in this checklist, you're ready to enter the Protocol Literacy stage, learning the flow from transaction creation to finalization and cryptographic security principles.
Foundational(계정·트랜잭션·EVM) → Ethereum Stack(스마트 컨트랙트·개발 프레임워크) → Advanced(브릿지·스케일링·MEV) 3단계 학습 경로가 L1-L7 레벨 경계 설계의 직접적 근거.
블록체인 개발의 정전(canonical) 교과서. 키·주소 → 트랜잭션 → 스마트 컨트랙트 → 보안 → DApp 아키텍처 챕터 구조가 L2-L6 체크리스트 항목의 구체적 행동 근거.
합의 메커니즘(PoW, PoS, PoA 등), 암호학 기초, 스마트 컨트랙트, 포크 분류 등 미국 정부 공식 기술 정의가 L1-L4 콘텐츠의 용어 권위 근거.
블록체인·DLT 실무자의 직업 유형, 역량 요소, 평가 방법, 고용 등급을 정의하는 IEEE 공식 표준. 고용 등급별 역량 요구사항이 L1-L7 레벨 경계 설계의 직접적 근거.
