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This post is part of CoinDesk's 2019 Year in Review, a collection of 100 op-eds, interviews and takes on the state of blockchain and the world. Galen Danziger is the chief technology officer at the MouseBelt Blockchain Accelerator.

https://www.coindesk.com/in-2019-students-demanded-blockchain-education-in-2020-its-coming

I would not be surprised if some countries join in the train of offering blockchain courses or degree because whether you like it or not, the blockchain technology is a great tool with so much benefits to help curb the escalating rate of bribery and corruption. Blockchain technology needs to be exploied to the latter. In the meantime some industries i heard some universities across the globe do offer online blockchain courses as well.

already happening but i guess more universities will integrate blockchain tech this coming year. blockchain tech is indeed a great tool to address many issues such as transparency in operations and its corresponding cost.
young generation would be the new crypto users very soon. more adoption means better crypto valuation in the market.

Learning blockchain tech for the future technology doesn't mean you have to be in crypto, blockchain can be used without crypto coin or token like what IBM do.
So with proper understanding and learning process they can implement it on their projects without having connected in crypto but that depends on what and who want to teach them with such process.

Bitcoin is part of technological progress. Therefore it is important for students to learn 5W + 1H about Bitcoin as a basis for the introduction of Bitcoin and crypto. In essence, I think cryptocurrency must be included in the education curriculum. Minimum in high school level.

This year opened up a lot of information and opportunity for blockchain. This made up the minds of aspiring blockchain engineers that it is a fast growing industry.

Probably, most of them understood that blockchain is applicable to every business that share the same idea.

This is really reality and what people think about blockchain.
If they said blockchain, it is automatically cryptocurrency or bitcoin. It is totally misconception, just like what happening in China now, like if you said cryprocurrency, it's more likely illegal but if blockchain, looks good.
I hope everyone should be able to know real meaning of blockchain and cryptocurrency, like how they are totally different.

Right here in my own country, there is also a brewing interest with the blockchain technology and now there are some select schools offering some short-term courses and training on this. With the blockchain technology starting to be recognized as an important tool and even a game-changer, I am sure that more and more students will be getting into this. And this is partly in response to the growing demand for people who are blockchain experts. Once the demand for personnel who are acquainted well with the blockchain technology, more and more schools will be offering full-fledged courses or even degrees on this. This is a good development, on my own reckoning.

Yes, I think many schools have been offering blockchain courses already, so I wouldn't be surprised that in 2020 we might see a boom.

Demand is already there, it's that the market is short of experts right now. But with proper education in the next year demand can be filled and adoption will follow.

As more and more people being introduced to the blockchain technology, there would be more exciting ideas that could come up and possibly put more innovation than what we have now. It's amazing to see how much this generation is enthusiastic about learning more or introducing blockchain technology for students. If this continues, there would be more applications towards the blockchain tech moving towards the global utilization of this kind of tech. For sure, a lot more people would recognize and put more resources towards educating future generations.

That is very good, blockchain and crypto learning should be introduced to the younger generation, so that they are more understanding and not trapped when they want to go directly into the world of crypto. So this learning is very useful to provision them to do business in the crypto world.
If this is applied in many countries, crypto will automatically increase its prominence and mass adoption will occur among the younger generation.

It's only natural because of the development of the digital age. They also need knowledge about blockchain which is one of the innovations today.
Maybe it doesn't always cover cryptocurrency, but at least they understand the blockchain. Whether it wants to be applied to any sector.

Blockchain education is becoming a rage now. Not just because of cryptos but the ever increasing popularity of blockchain and its expanding use case in many different type of businesses. Even though there weren't many university level blockchain courses, there were many free and paid courses running on different online course providers such as edx, Coursera and Udemy. These have been running since 2017 when crypto blew out. Blockchain education is really necessary nowadays as many companies are spending a lot in R&D to integrate blockchain in their system. This will open up many new job opportunities.

When Xi said he was for "blockchain" back in Oct 2019, many Universities overnight pretty much started to offer Blockchain courses. And I think its important to people in the computer field to quickly get a degree in this Blockchain field.

Reason why? Is because there is very little supply of Blockchain tech's and very high demand at the moment. Even if Bitcoins price doesn't recover it doesn't matter, we are just talking about Blockchain here and not Bitcoin.

Hence someone can really enhance their resume if they quickly take these courses and stand out of the crowd.

As a student myself, I really hope that blockchain technology will be taught in schools. Since schools are teaching about technologies, blockchain is also a technological development that needs to be learned by students. We're now on the 4th industrial revolution, and if this kind of development isn't welcome in education, when will other students discover blockchain? Let's be open that this knowledge is not only for the benefits of cryptocurrency and its adoption, it's also for the students. Additional knowledge for the students to know what's really happening now. 

of course, it should start as early as possible because of having good potential for choosing a career on the blockchain system, I think this one is the most attractive and profitable platform for earning money, so you have to learn this properly and completely, it's obvious that some Universities has already started to offer blockchain-based curriculum, It's really a crucial project for making money with a short time, I think this one is the highest salary offered for you if you know the development of the blockchain system nowadays. so blockchain education is the burning subject for me.

Basically I don't think blockchain could really be one of the courses offered in the school universities, because the blockchain lessons could be compressed as a subject in school, with this, it could be mixed with the courses related to computer science and IT.

But if this could be done good, there will be many more projects that could provide better services for the people. But first, blockchain should be first accepted by the government and should be supported by the people as well.

Regarding this, since blockchain is the backbone of cyptocurrency, it is a fundamental need for people to study about this especially the students. Maybe they could incorporate the lectures regarding developing a cryptocurrrency though understanding the basics of the smart contracts. But for me, the main benefits it could give are the opportunities to build strong and secured projects and technology through the utilization of blockchain technology. Lastly, I think it would still be hard to implement because of the courses they could offer could cost too much.

Blockchain developer is one of the highest paid jobs these days and students are already applying for these courses. Some universities have already started teaching it in detail and creating awareness in new generation.

It's inevitable for such courses to be released considering the demand and also many prestigous university or ivy leagues already planning to release the online courses.  Although it's not always true that blockchain developer get one of the highest salary since it's all depends on every company but the fact that blockchain developers is still low in amount it might bring higher salary than usual.

Junior high school is not good way for learning with bitcoin and blockchain system way to get profit, I think only university student allowed for learning with bitcoin investment, they have knowledge about how bitcoin and external information about bitcoin. Not only understand about how bitcoin price but also always have update with information outside of bitcoin to get much knowledge and manage bitcoin price.

education like this should start from university compared to ordinary students. because university education has a higher level, it may be possible to provide crypto education to students but it must start from the university bench as an initial experiment

There are educational news about Blockchain from around the world. But there is one thing that bothers me. There are always discourses that will be like this in the future. Now these expected developments should be implemented now.

How about instead of these people "demanding block chain education" they get off their butts and learn about it online?  There are a ton of resources out there for anyone who is motivated.  Sitting back and demanding something is a lot less productive than actually doing something yourself.

This is some great news, it takes 10 years for humanity to understand how blockchain is now part of their life, so, is important for the new generation to understand how it works and how to use it.

For sure 2020 will be a great year, and not only for blockchain. ;)

It is true. This technological development which makes economic and financial activities increasingly diverse must be studied from the beginning. By introducing them as early as possible, in the school curriculum, even though they are introductory, they must begin to be applied. This understanding can form a prolonged pattern, from the minds of young people who are still fresh and potential, new ideas can emerge that they can later develop. This adds to the vastness of knowledge. This young generation, millennial children, will be more easily introduced to technology, and it should be properly directed.

Blockchain education must be introduced into institutions, and the student himself has the right to choose a specialty in which he wants to advance in the future perspective of his life. This will be beneficial and will make adjustments to cryptography.

In my opinion it's really necessary for all governments to allow to teach blockchain related subjects in school and colleges because this concept is very knowledgeable and somewhere it will motivate students to make career in this field.

The innovations today are more related to blockchain that countries like China and Germany are making use of the technology.

If blockchain developer receives about $130,000 in US as their salary, its really about time for student to demand they be taught to learn the technology to become a developer.  They can actually learn all these with Udemy but then real time experience is much needed in studies.

Formal education in the blockchain and cryptocurrency field has been available in 2018 as well. See the MOOC and Masters programme offered by the University of Nicosia.

The thing is all information is available on the internet. You can always buy some blockchain books or just read some well-documented articles out there, you don't need a degree.. Come on. We're passing to the next decade. The world has changed. If you have the will and the mental power to do it go ahead and work. ;)

Its been documented, there is also bitcoin wiki which is also very helpful in education. I have tried downloading ETHEREUM video tutorials of UDEMY, some of them are really informative in teaching Solidity language and the blockchain as well. Discussions we don't see on youtube are there which an individual who just wanted to learn by themselves can definitely teach their own.

I guess you can give your contributions to blockchain community if the companies you wanna hire you asks for credentials.

I think it's great news. Great not only because it's important to learn about cryptos and blockchain, but because when something enters the educational system, it means it's recognized by the government or educators depending on whether a facility is private or state-owned. If youth studies it, it's automatically not a financial pyramid or, like my grandfather says about Bitcoin, "clearly something shady". I also wanted to add that this article did not mention France, which has some lessons on Blockchain integrated into their future Economics classes in high school. All of this shows that the world is starting to understand that crypto is not some weird this that will go away soon.

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It's good for more potential adoption towards the technology. And even though it's only introductory, it might be used for future references by these young students to be an inspiration, of what they can possibly do in the future. Blockchain has been taking adoption in different fields, and much more fields once taught to students.

Actually this is gonna be good since the new generation will have an proper knowledge on what blockchain really is. If they know already the positive effect of it to the society, they can easily spread it and tell the other government to accept it with open arms so that we can cope up to the era that we already have as of now.

salary rate correlates with scarcity. blockchain developers are now quite rare despite the rapid growth of blockchain company but once courses releases and so many people taking it, the market will be full of blockchain developers looking for job. But, learning the courses is still a good thing but just don't expect too much.

Blockchain technology has shocked the whole world with new start-ups that adopt blockchain into their systems, it will attract mass adopters and it seems the government is starting to glance at this technology. In my country the president appealed to young people to understand blockchain and cryptocurrency, this shows that the blockchain industry will be bright in the future, it can also bring up new industries that can expand employment.

Actually this has already happened and there may be an increase this year and next year it will be increasingly upgraded so that it will be applied in every university.
this is proof that future developments and progress will be better for blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies.

this is what the world need,we must enlighten our youngsters of what is blockchain and what this can bring to the economy.
since they are studying everything for their future it is more important to learn this side.and in this they will also have idea what is cryptocurrency and if this is one thing that will favor them to use than fiats,and if all of this happen?then we are near adoption for sure.

for the next generation then we have to develop this technology, at least they know about blokchain technology. the goal is that they can earn income and develop technology in the age to come, because future generations are our responsibility too and at least we help it to make the world a better place

Available courses on Bitcoin and Blockchain Technology from colleges and Univers (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4686783.0), I just want to share this post made by trian since it also teaches students about the importance and technicalities of blockchain technology and some of the courses offered are free as long as you have an internet access.

As per the OP, this is a good jumpstart to help enlighten techy youngsters about the complexities of blockchain as it can enhance their creativity and logical ability in improving the blockchain network. It might be a good idea if they will be adding it to college courses that is related in computer field due to the relevance of the subject. It will not be surprising if blockchain will tend to focus on different aspect of the economy aside from financial area.

I agree, since the popularity of blockchain technology is spreading wordwide, those who wanted to be the first one to be recognized as blockchain tech school hub would definitely plan on how to integrate it on their school curriculum.  As a matter of fact one of the popular school here in our country offers blockchain tech courses to students who are interested in learning this trending technology.

for me if this program is implemented in all universities, of course it will greatly affect the world that is very possible because every industry or company centered around the world will use blockchain technology in it even before that some governments also say that blockchain technology is good for use in several industry or to be understood.

Understanding Blockchain is very useful in the digital market. Blockchain knowledge should be provided to students so that they have access to a new decentralized database that applies them at work.The invention of the blockchain for Bitcoin has made it the first digital currency to solve the problem of double spending (fraudulent spending when an amount of money is used twice). This technology of Bitcoin has become the inspiration for a variety of other applications.

It is not a big surprise to see institutions offering the course in the future as it is the new technology and a booming market with good pay scale and if you are an expert now you can get a good salary based on your skills and so is the reason students will be demanding for specific courses so that they can get placed when the market is hot.

I have already saw some Blockchain education started at some countries. So there is no need to wait for this year for a new ideology start.

It's good and very welcome to hear that now (2020) we will be hearing more from that, thus making cryptocurrencies a possible should have as their currencies.
That way we could have for instance bitcoin price getting higher as more people would get interested in and buy.

And there could also be more technologies involving Blockchain which is great as its more safer than everything else on a public relation.

That's right, blockchain education must be applied to the curriculum education of the students in order for them to know what is the best technology right now that may help to increase the economy of the country who are applying on it. Blockchain education must be a necessary in the field of education and it can go to the curriculum of economics in which talks about what would really happen or what would be the effect of blockchain to the economy if the people will be able to adapt on it.
I have been see some online education which refers to the blockchain technology in online and I am pretty glad about this because the students who want to study about blockchain will be able to study on their own using the online education made from enormous sites. The time will comes that blockchain will be introduced all over the world and the people will be able to used it also.

I read that blockchain education became mainstream in Philippines. Any people from Philippines here?
And this article seems like prove it as a fact.

(Upated June 2019) List of Schools Offering NEM Blockchain Courses in the Philippines
https://bitpinas.com/feature/philippines-universities-nem-blockchain-courses/