Title: Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies Course Post by: pilscoop on September 24, 2015, 07:28:14 PM Coursera launched this course a couple of weeks ago, you can still sign up for it.
https://coursera.org/course/bitcointech (https://coursera.org/course/bitcointech) COURSE CONTENT: Intro to Crypto and Cryptocurrencies Cryptographic Hash Functions Hash Pointers and Data Structures Digital Signatures Public Keys as Identities Simple Cryptocurrencies How Bitcoin Achieves Decentralization Centralization vs. decentralization Distributed consensus Consensus without identity: the block chain Incentives and proof of work Putting it all together Mechanics of Bitcoin Bitcoin transactions Bitcoin scripts Applications of Bitcoin scripts Bitcoin blocks The Bitcoin network Limitations & improvements How to Store and Use Bitcoins Simple Local Storage How to Store and Use Bitcoins Secret Keys Hot and Cold Storage Splitting and Sharing Keys Online Wallets and Exchanges Payment Services Transaction Fees Currency Exchange Markets Bitcoin mining The task of Bitcoin miners Mining hardware Energy consumption & ecology Mining pools Mining incentives and strategies Bitcoin and anonymity Anonymity basics Overview of Bitcoin deanonymization Mixing Decentralized mixing Zerocoin and Zerocash Tor and the Silk Road Community, Politics, and Regulation Consensus in Bitcoin Bitcoin Core Software Stakeholders : Who’s in Charge? Roots of Bitcoin Governments Notice Bitcoin Anti Money-Laundering Regulation New York’s BitLicense Proposal Alternative Mining Puzzles Essential Puzzle Requirements ASIC Resistant Puzzles Proof-of-useful-work Nonoutsourceable Puzzles Proof-of-Stake Bitcoin as a platform Bitcoin as an append-only log Bitcoins as “smart property” Secure multi-party lotteries in Bitcoin Bitcoin as randomness source Prediction markets & real-world data feeds Altcoins and the Cryptocurrency Ecosystem Short History of Altcoins Interaction between Bitcoin and altcoins Lifecycle of an Altcoin Bitcoin-Backed Altcoins, “Side Chains” The future of Bitcoin? The block chain as a vehicle for decentralization Routes to decentralization What can we decentralize? When is decentralization a good idea? Title: Re: Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies Course Post by: CryptoTrout on September 24, 2015, 07:36:43 PM To anyone skeptical, just sign up. It is free and the videos are great at explaining how each component of Bitcoin works to create a decentralized ledger system.
Title: Re: Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies Course Post by: gentlemand on September 24, 2015, 07:44:56 PM How effective is it at informing the technically disabled? Does it lay it out very clearly or does it assume a fair dose of knowledge already?
Title: Re: Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies Course Post by: CryptoTrout on September 24, 2015, 07:56:07 PM How effective is it at informing the technically disabled? Does it lay it out very clearly or does it assume a fair dose of knowledge already? It is fairly technical but the lectures introduce one aspect at a time then build on it. I had to watch a couple videos more than once, but they seem to get easier and easier after the first set of videos. Also, you have 99 chances to pass each quiz so there is literally no risk in signing up. If you don't care for the certification you can just sign up to download all the lectures then watch them at your own pace. Title: Re: Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies Course Post by: Possum577 on September 26, 2015, 05:53:23 AM Let's make sure we're giving credit where it's due. The course is offered by the Princeton University (yes, Princeton). Coursera plays a huge role in making it free and Princeton is the caliber of the education...pretty sweet.
https://www.coursera.org/course/bitcointech Similar courses are offered by Stanford and MIT, but those aren't free! ;D Title: Re: Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies Course Post by: addy boy on September 26, 2015, 03:07:03 PM these course are very useful for me thanx for providing these courses about bitcoin i search hardly on net but i did not find these type of course that you provide.some sites take fee to teach these type of course but you provide free thanx for this from these course i gain some useful knowledge about bitcoin and i aslo know how to secure my wallet from these courses
Title: Re: Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies Course Post by: Mickeyb on September 26, 2015, 10:59:33 PM I must say that these are great courses. I have seen couple of them and I have even learned something new thing. I will definitely watch them all.
These can also come up as a great educational videos for the people that you are trying to introduce Bitcoin to. I will probably download them as well so I can forward them to all the people that show interest in learning. Title: Re: Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies Course Post by: Ceizer54 on September 28, 2015, 04:25:58 AM Do you have cource which tells the very important part of how to earn some bitcoins because i am not finding any reliable way of earning bitcoins online instead of just buying them and storing them?
Title: Re: Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies Course Post by: chennan on September 28, 2015, 04:36:03 AM Do you have cource which tells the very important part of how to earn some bitcoins because i am not finding any reliable way of earning bitcoins online instead of just buying them and storing them? If you are looking for some get "rich" quick scheme, or some website that gives out a lot of bitcoin for free... there are none. Best ways to earn bitcoins are going to be through offering a service, selling some product, or in this case on bitcointalk, through signature campaigns... other than that, there are riskier ways to earn... but if you want to "earn" bitcoins you would have to provide some type of service or good. Title: Re: Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies Course Post by: Blawpaw on September 29, 2015, 03:24:42 AM Coursera launched this course a couple of weeks ago, you can still sign up for it. https://coursera.org/course/bitcointech (https://coursera.org/course/bitcointech) COURSE CONTENT: Intro to Crypto and Cryptocurrencies Cryptographic Hash Functions Hash Pointers and Data Structures Digital Signatures Public Keys as Identities Simple Cryptocurrencies How Bitcoin Achieves Decentralization Centralization vs. decentralization Distributed consensus Consensus without identity: the block chain Incentives and proof of work Putting it all together Mechanics of Bitcoin Bitcoin transactions Bitcoin scripts Applications of Bitcoin scripts Bitcoin blocks The Bitcoin network Limitations & improvements How to Store and Use Bitcoins Simple Local Storage How to Store and Use Bitcoins Secret Keys Hot and Cold Storage Splitting and Sharing Keys Online Wallets and Exchanges Payment Services Transaction Fees Currency Exchange Markets Bitcoin mining The task of Bitcoin miners Mining hardware Energy consumption & ecology Mining pools Mining incentives and strategies Bitcoin and anonymity Anonymity basics Overview of Bitcoin deanonymization Mixing Decentralized mixing Zerocoin and Zerocash Tor and the Silk Road Community, Politics, and Regulation Consensus in Bitcoin Bitcoin Core Software Stakeholders : Who’s in Charge? Roots of Bitcoin Governments Notice Bitcoin Anti Money-Laundering Regulation New York’s BitLicense Proposal Alternative Mining Puzzles Essential Puzzle Requirements ASIC Resistant Puzzles Proof-of-useful-work Nonoutsourceable Puzzles Proof-of-Stake Bitcoin as a platform Bitcoin as an append-only log Bitcoins as “smart property” Secure multi-party lotteries in Bitcoin Bitcoin as randomness source Prediction markets & real-world data feeds Altcoins and the Cryptocurrency Ecosystem Short History of Altcoins Interaction between Bitcoin and altcoins Lifecycle of an Altcoin Bitcoin-Backed Altcoins, “Side Chains” The future of Bitcoin? The block chain as a vehicle for decentralization Routes to decentralization What can we decentralize? When is decentralization a good idea? I'm actually doing this one :)! The world of tomorrow will need people with digital currency expertise. This is the perfect opportunity for those who already have that expertise to become certified. |