Certified Professional for Distributed Ledger Technology (Basic Level)

The Fraunhofer Personnel Certification Authority at Fraunhofer FIT certifies with the certificate "Distributed Ledger Technology Professional" broad knowledge in the areas of blockchain technologies, their operation, design methods, Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI), Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) and legal aspects.

A certified "Distributed Ledger Technology Professional" is able to effectively implement and manage distributed ledger technologies. He understands the conceptual foundations, operational requirements, various design methods, the application of SSI and NFT as well as the legal framework. They can plan and implement complex blockchain projects, take security aspects into account and master technical and organizational challenges.

Target group

The certificate is primarily aimed at managers, such as CTOs, CIOs or innovation managers in the field of technology and innovation, who are responsible for the strategic direction of technology in the company and want to advance the development of new products and services.

Basics of distributed ledger technologies

• Application examples
• Web 1, 2 and 3
• Centralized vs distributed approaches

Conceptual basics

• Assign correct blockchain infrastructure, describe differences to centralized databases.
• Store transactions using hashing and explain tamper-proofing.
• Explain differences between private and public blockchains, access rights.
• Describe consensus mechanisms and smart contracts.
• Discuss audit-proof summarization of transactions (Merkle tree).

Operation

• Name common types of attacks and defense mechanisms.
• Categorize energy consumption of a blockchain.
• Name design decisions for operation (platform, open source, business model).
• Explain framework conditions for operation.
• Describe the role of data in operations and storage.

Design methods

• Name specific design decisions and methods.
• Apply blockchain decision flow charts.

SSI (Self-Sovereign Identity)

• Distinguish digital identities of the Web3 from platform identities, describe verified credentials and decentralized identifiers.
• Develop SSI concept for a use case, explain advantages.
• Name added values of decentralization, discuss advantages.
• Name functions and rights in identity management, explain control.

NFT (Non-Fungible Tokens)

• Define tokenization, specify tokens for an asset.
• Classify functions, usage contexts and semantics of different token types.
• Compare digital tokens with real tokens, name steps of an NFT campaign.
• Name standards for NFT smart contracts, know properties.
• Describe how a wallet works and the advantages/disadvantages of different wallet types

Legal aspects

• Name legal aspects of operating a blockchain.
• Name GDPR-relevant aspects of a blockchain.