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Blockchain Association of Cameroon

Layer-0 Developer Academy

Certifications and badges

A BAC certification attests to a demonstrated capability, not to attendance. Every one of them weighs practical work above written assessment — the rule is enforced by the curriculum's own integrity checks, not left to editorial goodwill.

BAC Certified Blockchain Foundations Associate

The holder explains and verifies how a blockchain works without depending on a third party to interpret it.

Requirements

  • 01All fourteen Level 0 workshops passed
  • 02An inclusion proof verified under supervised conditions
  • 03A transaction built, signed and included on a test network

BAC Certified Blockchain Developer

The holder ships a chain-connected application that is tested, reproducible and peer-audited.

Requirements

  • 01Foundations certification obtained or equivalence granted
  • 02All six Level 1 tooling workshops passed
  • 03One pull request merged after review by two reviewers
  • 04One cross-audit of a contract produced and defended

BAC Certified Appchain Developer

The holder builds a complete application blockchain, tested and reproducible by a third-party team.

Requirements

  • 01Blockchain Developer certification obtained
  • 02One track capstone delivered and defended
  • 03Successful network reproduction by a third-party team

BAC Certified Polkadot SDK Developer

The holder designs production pallets: bounded storage, controlled origins, measured weights, tested migrations.

Requirements

  • 01Polkadot / Substrate path completed
  • 02Substrate capstone delivered and reproduced by a third-party team
  • 03Runtime upgrade demonstrated against populated state

BAC Certified Cosmos SDK Developer

The holder ships a governed sovereign chain whose security budget they can cost and defend.

Requirements

  • 01Cosmos path completed
  • 02Cosmos capstone delivered, IBC link operational
  • 03The chain's security budget costed and defended

BAC Certified Avalanche Developer

The holder deploys and configures an application L1, validator set and fee economics included.

Requirements

  • 01Avalanche path completed
  • 02Avalanche capstone delivered with an application in use
  • 03Costed validator plan defended

BAC Certified Modular Blockchain Developer

The holder ships a sovereign rollup whose state a third party rebuilds from the data layer alone.

Requirements

  • 01Modular path completed
  • 02Celestia capstone delivered
  • 03Successful state reconstruction by a third-party team

BAC Certified Blockchain Infrastructure Engineer

The holder operates a rebuildable production infrastructure and has proven its recovery times by drill.

Requirements

  • 01Infrastructure path completed
  • 02DevOps capstone delivered and rebuilt by the panel
  • 03Disaster drill passed within the committed window

BAC Certified Blockchain Security Engineer

The holder runs a complete security assessment in which every finding is reproducible and defended.

Requirements

  • 01Security path completed
  • 02Red team exercise carried out on both sides
  • 03Full assessment delivered and remediation verified

BAC Certified Blockchain Architect

The holder designs, costs and defends a production infrastructure before an institutional client.

Requirements

  • 01Two Level 2 certifications in distinct ecosystems
  • 02Infrastructure certification obtained
  • 03National capstone delivered and defended before a mixed panel

Badges

A badge records one demonstrated act, not a course attended. Its criterion is always something another team can verify.

SUB

Rust Blockchain Developer

A pallet shipped in Rust, tested, benchmarked and integrated into a runtime in simulated production.

COSMOS

Go Protocol Engineer

A Go module shipped with tests, invariant simulation and a clean static-analysis run.

DOT

Polkadot Builder

An application chain attached to a test Relay Chain and operated across a full era.

COSMOS

Cosmos Builder

A four-validator sovereign chain launched, governed and upgraded with no downtime.

AVAX

Avalanche L1 Builder

An application L1 deployed, validated by an assembled set, and carrying an application in use.

TIA

Celestia Rollup Builder

A sovereign rollup whose state a third party rebuilt from the data layer alone.

COSMOS

IBC Developer

An IBC link established, relayed and monitored, with documented handling of packet timeouts.

DOT

XCM Developer

Asset transfer and remote execution performed over XCM, with failures diagnosed and documented.

OPS

Blockchain DevOps Engineer

Infrastructure fully rebuilt after an imposed disaster, within the committed window.

SEC

Blockchain Security Engineer

Full assessment delivered, every finding reproducible, remediation verified through to closure.

FOUND

Web3 Application Builder

An application shipped, usable on a degraded connection, environment reproduced by a peer.

Train the trainer

The programme cannot scale on its authors alone. Certified developers progress into teaching, each step gated by having taught under supervision.

  1. 01Developer
  2. 02Teaching assistant
  3. 03Workshop instructor
  4. 04Senior instructor
  5. 05Technical mentor
  6. 06BAC master instructor