Linux Foundation Besu Professional Cert Guide

The BCP exam, Linux Foundation Besu Certified Professional, checks whether you can run and reason about Besu, the open source Ethereum client, in a remotely supervised multiple-choice sitting. Candidates answer 60 questions in 90 minutes and pay a USD 250 fee (October 2026 pricing), and the pass mark is 75%. Of the seven weighted domains, Networking (26%) and Besu Core Concepts (24%) together make up half the exam.

This guide explains what each domain expects, the exam rules worth knowing before you pay, and a six-week study plan built around a working Besu network. To check your readiness against the clock, start the BCP practice test, which follows the same seven domains and the 90-minute limit.

What is the Besu Certified Professional and who should take it?

The Besu Certified Professional is a Linux Foundation credential for people who build and run networks with Besu, an Ethereum client written in Java and maintained as an open source project under the foundation's decentralised technology umbrella. Besu can join the public Ethereum network, and it is also widely used to run private, permissioned networks for organisations that want Ethereum tooling without a public chain.