SOUTH BEND, Ind., April 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Four weeks
into the mandatory COVID-19 lockdown and two things are remarkably
clear. The novelty of working in one's pajamas, Zoom meetings, and
kids constantly underfoot has lost its glow and neither binging
Netflix nor comfort foods are sustainable activities.
Blockchain innovator SIMBA Chain has the solution for
coronavirus-induced turpitude: a new training website for those who
want to learn how to build and deploy decentralized applications
(dapps) using the company's freemium low-code blockchain
platform. Dapps, underpinned by smart contracts, are the backbone
of blockchain solutions used to solve a growing array of business
and government needs where information immutability, track-ability
and accessibility are critical.
Joel Neidig, CEO and co-founder
of SIMBA Chain, made the decision to offer complimentary blockchain
training on the freemium low-code platform to help people up-skill
while working from home or furloughed.
"America's economy has been broadsided by the COVID-19 pandemic,
with a quarter of our workforce sitting on the sidelines wondering
what their next move should be. It's not just service industry
workers who are without work; freelance developers and consultants
have also been displaced," says Neidig. "Once we get through this
temporary economic lockdown, the demand for skills in technology
like blockchain will be greater than before. So we're making
training available to all."
SIMBA Chain is initially offering three micro-learning sessions
suitable for users of any skill level on demand via the company's
training portal:
- Building Your First Smart Dapp – available now
- Dapps Made Simple – available soon
- Ethereum Smart Contracts – available soon
The micro-learning sessions were designed and are taught by
SIMBA Chain Blockchain Master Trainer Tommy Cooksey, who is also an
AWS Authorized Instructor at Tech Data. The online sessions combine
video and text and are self-paced. Online learners can expect each
session to take 30 to 45 minutes to complete.
SIMBA Chain's online learners will walk away from the free
training with a solid understanding of and ability to develop and
launch blockchain dapps using SIMBA Chain's Smart Contract as a
Service platform (SCaaS). Higher-order functionality concepts such
as off chaining, data stores, and deploying a RESTful-based API
will also be introduced. The company may offer more advanced
training based on demand.
Says Neidig, "As the world comes out of the global pandemic,
blockchain technology will be one of the cornerstones of the
continuing digital transformation, creating new categories of
knowledge workers and empowered analyst consultants. We encourage
everyone, regardless of current skillset, industry or age, to take
advantage of our free training."
About SIMBA Chain, Inc.
SIMBA Chain was established in 2017 as the result of a
grant awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency (DARPA) to the University of Notre
Dame Center for Research Computing and ITAMCO to
develop a secure, unhackable messaging and transaction platform for
the U.S. military. SIMBA Chain's cloud-based, smart
contract-as-a-service (SCaaS) platform enables users, developers,
government, and enterprises to quickly develop and deploy
blockchain dapps for iOS, Android and the web. SIMBA Chain is the
recipient of TechPoint's 2019 Mira Award for New Product of
the Year and 1st Source Bank's 2019 Commercialization Award. The
platform supports Ethereum, Quorum, rsk and Stellar, and we will be
adding more blockchain protocols to our cutting-edge platform.
Media Contact:
Joel Neidig
Phone: 574.914.4446
Email: info@simbachain.com
Related Links
Enterprise Guide to Blockchain
Government Guide to Blockchain
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