There are two main Hyperledger Fabric focused certifications on the market right now that have credibility. The two certifications are:
Blockchain Training Alliance’s CBDH
Linux Foundation’s CHFA
Lets review both of them and determine which one is meant for what audience. Ill also cover the CBSA exam as well for comparison purposes.
Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation is the GOLD standard for credibility in the Open Source community. No need to pump them up and expand on why the certification they own would be worth time.
The Linux Foundation has a Hyperledger Fabric certification available. This certification is really meant for the folks that are deploying Hyperledger Fabric and for that matter maintaining it.
Here is the official blurb for the Linux Foundation or just go to the link below.
The purpose of the Certified Hyperledger Fabric Administrator (CHFA) certification is to provide assurance that CHFAs can effectively build a secure Hyperledger Fabric network for commercial deployment.
The main objectives are listed below.
This CHFA exam curriculum includes these general domains and their weights on the exam:
Application Lifecycle Management — 20%
Install and Configure Network — 25%
Diagnostics and Troubleshooting — 15%
Membership Service Provider — 20%
Network Maintenance and Operations — 20%
Check out the exam here
The exam is well written and clearly defined and you can easily get it done in one hour.
What makes the exam nice is you dont have to go to the proctor center and instead it is proctored online.
This exam is an online, proctored, performance-based test that consists of a set of performance-based items (problems) to be solved in a command line.
Candidates have 2 hours to complete the tasks.
The exam is based on Fabric v1.3.0
Lets Compare Certifications. Below is a chart to sum the main blockchain certifications.
What about the Blockchain Training Alliance Exams? There exams are great too, they market them better. There is a discount below which will knock it down to around $210
Note that the main difference between Blockchain Training Alliance’s (CBDH )— Hyperledger Exam is that it more focused on Hyperledger Development than operations.
The CBSA exam is more presales. The Certified Blockchain Soliutions Architect exam does have a component of Hyperledger Fabric.
However, the Linux Foundations exams are more technical in my opinion.
They are meant for technical engineers performing the day to day work.
The CHFA is exactly that, its more day to operations.
Blockchain Training Alliance (BTA)
If your looking to get certified on Enterprise Blockchains then considering the Blockchain Training Alliances exams would be a great start.
Blockchain Training Alliance has several exams with the most popular being the Certified Blockchain Solutions Architect exam .
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Here are the instructions below to get the discount. (This blog walks thru the CBSA exam but its same for any BTA exam (CBDH, CBDE, CBSP)
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- Enter DIscount Code JH30SM and Save $90.00 on the exam!
Continue to payment. Once payment is completed you will recieve a code to register to take exam at Pearson testing center.
After you pass the exam you will receive a certificate in your email within a few days. After that you will receive both a physical token in the mail and a link for your “blockchain token”
Congrats on passing one of the challenging exams!
If your looking for prep courses here is a link for my Pearson Course https://learning.oreilly.com/videos/certified-blockchain-solution/9780135411841
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Joe Holbrook, The Cloud Tech Guy