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Literally a few days ago we noticed that Scottish schools were accepting Bitcoin for payment but currently Spain's Hesperides University has introduced a master's degree. In fact the main purpose behind launching this degree is to teach about Bitcoin. As far as I know, the program that the university has undertaken will allow students to learn about the history of Bitcoin, BTC philosophy and its economic impact, etc.
The program director there said that,


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This is the first time a university has taken this initiative.

Good initiative! A lot of people actually struggle to understand the nuances of Bitcoin and the related things. At least one university is taking initiative to bridge that gap. I wholeheartedly welcome this.

However, the crypto ecosystem is much larger than Bitcoin and brimming with new technologies. We have many different kinds of chains in the market. So in order to understand the crypto ecosystem better, people need to focus beyond Bitcoin. I hope this university has a plan to offer such knowledge in the future.

I like the fact that it's bitcoin centred not Blockchain as other universities integrates from bitcoin as a bait word to teaching how to create shitcoins etc.

However, do I need to take a master course to learn all this included about bitcoin? Hell Nah! all

All the listed agenda or course outlines are what exactly I have been gathering from this forum with just mere engagement not even full time engagement yet I'm learning everything they want to teach in a masterclass or degree. lol

IMHO, bitcoin knowledge is everywhere! just have to make time to learn, unlearn and re-learn.

I don't think this is anything new that is really surprising. Long before I read the news you quoted, I had read online about several other top universities also offering some kind of courses, master's degrees, or certification programs. I really don't remember when and where I last read it, but given the continuous development of technology and the crypto industry, many universities will be actively involved in offering programs related to it.

You may be right, the master's degree program is the first of its kind in Spain, but in other countries it may have existed before. However, the initiative of the University should be appreciated because with it the crypto industry is getting more famous and getting more attention from young man as the next generation.

Definitely, launching a master's degree for bitcoin is just for formality because what is even there to teach and learn when you can get the right knowledge you want in the forum here. Over here, everything we need to know about bitcoin is here for free by knowledgeable forum users. That notwithstanding, since it's not everyone that is aware of a forum like this that discusses anything pertaining bitcoin to the core, anyone can still study about bitcoin in the University, but studying about bitcoin should be accompanied by investing in it as well because it will be unwise to finish a course about bitcoin before investing. Bitcoin doesn't even need much study because it's a wild subject that we keep learning as time goes on. Just invest and learn along.

I'm not saying that this is something new that will surprise everyone but it will definitely be surprising for students in Spain. Because those university students will be able to easily learn about Bitcoin through their master's degree. You are right that we have noticed before that many schools, colleges and universities are trying to educate about cryptocurrencies and blockchain.
However it is true that the spain Hesperides University has taken the initiative to introduce that master's degree in Spanish for the first time.

Check out this list of the 25 best universities for studying cryptocurrency, you've probably read about these online before.

Indeed Spain is crypto friendly state.
The state has promoted the activities of blockchain and crypto trading and exchange.
Having a Bitcoin Master's Degree programme in her University would further foster the promotion of crypto space.

Even at their level of crypto participation, many may still wonder the misery and legitimacy of crypto currency, but having a university programme would reduce the doubt and increase the confidence of the less informed about crypto trading.

It would also make many of little knowledge within and outside Spain to study more and participate more in the crypto Sphere.

Yes I agree, its great that the course is Bitcoin specific rather than Blockchain
which would also include $hitcoins.

If you learn about Bitcoin you will understand $hitcoins too.

Yea of course information about Bitcoin is freely available and learning from
the forum doesnt give you a qualification! and in most cases top jobs require
higher qualifications.

It might not be new news because other schools in other countries have started offering thesame course. But we have to celebrate any good news we come across about Bitcoin awareness. The university might be using it as a means to attract young students and make money from tuition fees. But it is good for Bitcoin awareness and adoption. Early adopters wouldn't believe that a time will come when. Bitcoin will be part of the curriculum of a higher institution.

I don't know if they will accept Bitcoin as tuition fees, and it will be good to know the course content of this postgraduate program. Am also thinking about the career pathways of graduates of this program. I would have to do more research.

This is indeed a good initiative, although I do not think it is actually the first. There are already many universities that offer Bitcoin-related courses. You can do your research to see for yourself.

Just yesterday, I read a post from @Queentoshi, who raised a topic about introducing trading (crypto) as a subject in schools. Many of the reactions in the thread were focused on how risky crypto is. Risks or no risks, the essence of teaching those courses is to give people the idea of what it is and how to manage the risks involved.

As I mentioned in that thread, Bitcoin courses or subjects will soon be introduced at various academic levels. Bitcoin will become a household name, and we cannot change that. It is only a matter of time before we get there.

it is great news that more and more universities are aware of bitcoin and want to open up opportunities to learn more about it to more students. what hesperides university is doing is worth appreciating since not many universities want to open classes about bitcoin to students who want to learn about it. and this is a good thing for students who want to learn or have a career with bitcoin because they can learn a lot about bitcoin 100%, not other things. hopefully with this it can spread knowledge about bitcoin to more people and be a motivation for other universities to dig deeper into the potential of bitcoin.

This is a good impression toward having bitcoin been taught in higher institutions advanced level, we can now see how people and institutions are keeping to the adoption of bitcoin and also interested learning and teaching this same digital currency, just as we have with El-Salvador teaching its citizen about bitcoin and many are being enlightened at the cause, which is why bitcoin is more important to have being taught in the educational settings because everyone needs to have more information about how they can use and apply it to their own benefits.

I am not surprised by such a piece of news because I have long envisaged all these to happen in the future, and here we are seeing it begin to take shape effectively in a country. Well, they might likely not be the first, there might just be other schools offering such courses, but on a low-key waiting for who would first go publicly to make an announcement to create awareness, so they could follow up and take the position as the first school to inculcate bitcoin studies in their curriculum. I would also not be surprised to see a massive acceptance of Bitcoin courses in schools any time soon because it is a technology and an industry on its own. But it would be nice if they also started with undergraduate courses in blockchain technology so that students would also have more ideas about bitcoin before getting to master's levels, which would set a foundation on which they would stand.

Apart from the awareness and publicity that this development is going to bring for Bitcoin, there's no too much advantage why someone have to pay so much money at the university to acquire Bitcoin knowledge while there are so many complete free Bitcoin information in so many website.
    If someone wants to learn about Bitcoin and they download a complete Bitcoin PDFs and visit websites that has enough Bitcoin information, with 6 -12  months dedication of continuous learning from those PDFs and website, the person will have a rich and complex knowledge about Bitcoin, the money that the person is going spend is just to pay for WiFi subscription to be able to browse all the required data.

I like institutions that are innovative and do not wait to try out new things.
I wish the program includes subjects like bitcoin trading as well because it is related to bitcoin, a means to earn from bitcoins and something people will be very interested in too. They could attract local and international students with that inclusion.

It's a welcome development, we love to see things like this going on in the community. Bitcoin being taught is a nice way to prepare infants to get a role in Bitcoin adoption leaning to create a better space than those who complain about Bitcoin generosity when the price begins to drop.

I'm concerned if they will also teach everything concerning the technical aspect of Bitcoin and would trading aspect be included because they may try to cover up every aspect you can earn from Bitcoin, either by Bitcoin investment and possibly trading.

Government are beginning to windening up their Bitcoin scope since, their have realized Bitcoin importance to the financial system as an alternative assets and currency, a lot of those academic institutions have always been very positive with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency, but the fact that some countries have blacklisted and banned Bitcoin it has limited the scope of adoption of Bitcoin by accedemic institutions, but now with United State taking the lead Spain will definitely take step to also get into the scope and making it a course of study in the institutions of learning Is a highly welcomed development.

Is there anything one can do with a Master's in BTC, i don't think there is any job opening that requires this, even if it is a BTC or crypto related job.

In my opinion, i don't see the need of going to the university to study BTC, you can learn everything you need to know about BTC in this forum and through reading BTC articles and books online, i think it is better to do that and then pay for a Master's in something different, something you can actually use in real life.

This is another achievement for bitcoin, offering a 10-month fully online master’s degree to all professionals who want to be educated formally about bitcoin and all its stuff. The good thing about this, this is not just limited only for Spanish people but certainly even from other countries and races, which I think is a very great step for bitcoin’s global adoption. Soon those neighboring countries will also follow the same path, and I won’t be surprised about it.

El Salvador has been in this practice for quite sometimes now. It's good to see that more schools are adding bitcoin to be a course or part of their school curriculum because bitcoin is for this new generation and they need to get it right for preservation of the network. Fiat and every asset related to fiat has suffered from inflation due to government manipulation.

Most of those courses is centered on blockchain developments. We could see lots of this courses been offered online and with few universities. But its rare to see a course that centered on Bitcoin teaching.

This one somehow shows that Bitcoin adoption is now spreading and also we can see that Bitcoin will stay especially that lots of institutions like school is now offering this courses which help people to became more knowledgeable or expert in this field.

Spain is creating the real Bitcoin experts in future which provably helpful in the industry in future. But if people want to know more what other courses they can avail since they want to create a career on Bitcoin and blockchain industry maybe this is helpful to them https://www.educations.com/blockchain

This may feel new but it should be amongst the things we should be expecting after the government bodies are now showing interest in the system. More people will want to join on this train because of the government interest in it, they will be looking for ways to get into the government system and that can only be possible by showing that they really have a certificate in that specification they want to fill in. This is a good development and it’s a call for other country’s government to also enable same in their regions also.


Can’t really remember El Salvador schools paying money in bitcoin or allowing courses to be learnt about bitcoin the school curriculum. But as one of the early country adopters of bitcoin, they may have also included that and have been making sure the students are getting the right knowledge of bitcoin from a younger age. These are all good news respectively in what they came to serve the purpose for and big thumbs up to El Salvador and other countries that are taking path in this bitcoin journey.

This definitely also makes bitcoin appear more professional since a university finally is making these steps. People can now specialize in bitcoin and have proper education about it. We can finally get research papers about bitcoin. This will definitely separate the scholars to those who are not. Though a lot of us have learned bitcoin not through school and our knowledge is not any less better than that of the university's.
We must not confuse college degree to a master's degree. I am sure that those who will take this up will have a specialization when it comes to bitcoin as well. Maybe they will focus on blockchain tech or in mining. It could be anything.

I love how all of these is such a big news and makes an headlines. The school in Scotland and now this one in Spain is doing a Bitcoin exclusive Masters program. We should enjoy now because in the future these would be so normal and commonplace just like owning a car that it would no longer be a headline news. At that time, the  acceptance will be almost 90% worldwide. I can't wait to see how us who are experiencing it now will tell the story then.

This course is offered to those who are interested to learn in bitcoin that never have the time to do their due diligence to explore the internet and research. But for us forum members, it’s easy for us to learn and understand what is bitcoin is all about since we have been staying in the forum more than years. However, this course is for everyone, as long as one is willing to pay the price and has definitely the eagerness to understand bitcoin.

If all people had been knowledgeable enough about how Bitcoin works, there would be no bandits who could harm other users in Bitcoin.  It also opens the door for anyone, regardless of prior knowledge, who is committed and willing to truly grasp Bitcoin’s use.  This initiative by the university helps enhance understanding of blockchain technology related to Bitcoin, which is the risk for cybersecurity, as a lack of knowledge can often lead to scams involving Bitcoin.

I expect that there are more institutions willing to learn about Bitcoin, what's next?  I'm excited seeing a good news like this.

This is good initiative and has been long overdue actually.

When bitcoin has become ranked 8th top asset by market cap, I think this kind of thing is essential. The people can't really ignore it anymore and there needs to be field of education specializing in bitcoin and right now it seems so many countries also trying to integrate bitcoin or cryptocurrency into their curriculum. although most of them are just scratching at the surface level.

It is good to see a university launching a degree to teach about Bitcoin. More support will come from the education sector and if that runs smoothly, more universities will follow the path and that will give support to Bitcoin.

The students can learn more details about Bitcoin so they can engage on Bitcoin project. They can also teach more people in their environment so those people can open their eyes to see the benefits of Bitcoin to them. Yes, it is a good initiative from the university so the government should give appreciation to them.

The government should support the university and the students and facilitate with many things related to Bitcoin because they will face the future with more knowledge about Bitcoin.

Don't get too excited about this news guys. This is a newly created only online university. I don't know how many students the University has, but sure there are not many. Still, it's good news, but it's not nearly as important as if the master's degree was taught at Universidad Complutense de Madrid or Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona.


It's not a degree, it's a master's degree. The difference is important.

What's new is that they are teaching specifically about Bitcoin and how things around Bitcoin are done, such as creating and using wallets, how mining works, and how one can set up a mining rig, etc. There are too many institutions around the world who are teaching things related to this industry, but they are mostly focusing on blockchain, and that is a different thing than this course because it isn't teaching students about the blockchain and how to create a blockchain, but it's focusing only on Bitcoin which is a great thing.

I believe people from that city or country will surely enrol in this degree because it can be very useful for them, but there is one concern, it would have been better if it wasn't a degree but some separate course that anyone could attend to get the knowledge instead of spending so much time and getting their degrees in this major because one can learn those things even in a course without having to pursue a degree.

Master's degree in Bitcoin? This is something new but why is this designed for professionals like engineers too? I think that it's good for those with experience in business management, finances and law. Btw I think that this is mostly another way from universities to make money because Bitcoin isn't that big to require 2 years study and what does someone gain by acquiring a masters degree in Bitcoin? I love the fact that there is a university that takes Bitcoin as a subject but I think it's not done for the benefit of people because Bitcoin as a subject isn't that big and if universities really want to enlighten people, they better include Bitcoin as a subject at business management and economy bachelor.

Anyone who wants to learn something about BTC can do so online, for example on this forum, which is one of the best sources of information on the topic, whether it's about current events or BTC's past. But if someone wants to pay to listen to lectures about BTC, that's their choice - some people on this forum learn a lot about the same thing and even earn something on top of that ;)

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@shield132, @Odusko, Doan9269, do you know what you have in common? The quote option has its purpose, but not the one you are using it for.

Great initiative.
Universities in most countries are supposed to have the right to determine their curricula and even teaching methods within the framework of scientific research and academic freedom. This means we can study criminology at university within the framework of academic knowledge, not to become criminals. What I'm saying is that universities have the power to make decisions, and professors can encourage students to pursue courses in various scientific subjects without being subject to criticism. Universities were created for scientific research, not to set policies and alter the country's financial formula.

I seem to get your idea here, that it is not even on the Scottish University that needs more emphasis as most of us already quoted, unlike how people will rather realized bitcointalk forum also as for their learning and every other means could be additional, because it will make no perfect meaning after learning about bitcoin from an institution without having the right link or knowing about this forum where more genuine and reliable information about bitcoin are being discussed as intended by its creator, Satoshi.

We don't stand to learn about bitcoin form here alone, but it may comes along with other opportunities and we may not have to go to institutions before we can achieve all these, its more of what we have learnt, have to offer and earn from bitcoin.

Every one didn't have the same opportunity you have to learn Bitcoin the idea of teaching it in school is a welcome development to a certain level it now give an equal opportunity to everyone who has gained admission in to that school, if it becomes part of the curriculum of course which is going to be very compulsory, it increases public awareness and wider spread adoption . Honestly there are higher chances of those who must have not really understand what Bitcoin is to change their wrong mentality about Bitcoin. However, no one can be forced to come in terms with Bitcoin when it comes to investment, even while it will be publicly teach in school.

This is undoubtedly a good initiative. It will increase the interest of people all over the world in Bitcoin. The popularity of Bitcoin will increase. Many more countries will take such initiatives in the future.

Depends on what exactly would be taught, but as it was said - if one wants to pay for the knowledge that is already commonly found, that's anyway knowledge that will be learned.

Yes I totally agree with you and there is no better place than this great Bitcointalk forum to discuss anything about Bitcoin and this forum is the first forum to discuss Bitcoin when Bitcoin first existed because the creator of Bitcoin Satoshi Nakamoto was here and this is proof that this forum has the most accurate source of information about Bitcoin and its great technology and besides that the best source of information that is up to date and also before with great discussions that we may not be able to get anywhere else except here. And I think people will understand more easily and also will enter their brains if they read it well rather than just listening which sometimes loses focus which makes it imperfect, but whatever the reason for the good of many people about Bitcoin, this is a good initiative. It's just that this place I still say is better, because besides getting great experience and knowledge we also get additional income or you could say a source of income rather than having to spend money to listen to it which is not necessarily easy to understand well.

Anything that brings more awareness that BTC is no magic wand of sorts is a good thing. Whether it costs something or not (even though we know for a fact that all the info needed to prove it is already there).

I know that someday, a day like this will surely come; what I really don't know is that it will come this soon. As a university in Spain has taken up this initiative of offering master's degree programs in Bitcoin, other universities will someday follow suit to offer the same matters degree program in Bitcoin.

What I love about this, is the university partnering with companies to facilitate job opportunities. That means a job awaits someone the moment they are done with their master's degree program. That's interesting.

This is quite a brilliant idea, knowing fully well we now have a university which offers a master's degree program that specializes fully on Bitcoin ecosystem, such as privacy, node and mining. And if I may ask, is it only master's program that is been offered in that university? Because a bachelor degree program wouldn't have been bad, or likewise a few months intensive skill training wouldn't have been bad for complete beginners who wishes to know and advance in knowledge about Bitcoin as a tech related field of study, because truly Bitcoin needs more privacy, and since some countries have started legalizing it as legal tender, I'm sure be a need for people learning it's best means of taxation.

I don't think you understood what Lucius talked about, you guys quoted all of the op when it was not necessary, there is no need to quote all of the op, if you want to reply to a part of it, cut it out and do so.
In my honest opinion, there is no need to learn about BTC from an institution and pay tuition fees, when you can learn about BTC for free on this forum, and spend your money on a Master's degree in a different field.

Yeah, the publicity is good for Bitcoin, but to be honest, the certificate is going to be of no use to the students. There's no job placement for job seekers who studied Bitcoin. IMO, The university is just going to make money off the students and at the end of the day, the certificate will be worthless. It'd be better if the students learn bitcoin for free using online platforms instead of wasting their resources.

I laughed after reading this, it sounds funny but you could be right, the certificate might not be valid in seeking for job in any company but you never can tell if the economy of that country requires such education to be implemented. People who would do the program might not also be doing it for the sake getting employed in any company but just to gain a very adequate knowledge of Bitcoin technology, investment and risk management and security protection. So far, there's no company that is seeking to employing Bitcoin enthusiast, maybe we should expect  such new sooner.

Big step but I have some questions that bothered me. What was this purpose of history in Bitcoin for masters student? Why not introduce it from undergraduate so they can learn to digest everything one after the other but they decide to offer it for masters? If there is no demand in undergraduate why will people come for masters in the first place, alot of folks will be interested in the history of Bitcoin for undergraduate especially from the ones that are very curious of the tech.

My last worry on this is history are sometimes twisted to suit the interests of the writer, the teacher or the person that doesn't want things to be in accordance of the history but they way they vision it. However, if it's they are going to deliver like the way the history is, then I wish them good luck but I will pass this one, I know where to read and understand everything about the history of Bitcoin, what I want to see is the tech aspect and the use cases.

If that is the case, then they do not need to pay tuition fee or run a Master's program to get this knowledge. Like i have already said, if the aim is to acquire all you have mentioned, then all the person needs is bitcointalk, because i got all of that knowledge here in bitcointalk, and then if you want to go for Master's, do it in something you can use in real life.

It would be nice to learn about bitcoin in a more formal social setting around other people and good instructors.
I wish they had something like this when I was going to school. It might have accelerated my knowledge and understanding of it.

This is a good way of learning for most young people. Of course the younger generation also learns a lot of stuff
through the internet but it is also good to supplement your learning in a classroom setting if you can.

You're not just learning about the technical aspects of bitcoin. To get the best understanding and education of bitcoin you learn
about bitcoin's connection to history, money, economics, politics, finance, etc. Bitcoin is more than the sum of its parts.
Bitcoin is a philosophy and way of thinking. When you begin to grasp it bitcoin actually changes your worldview and may change your life.

Bitcoin teaches you personal responsibility and independence, to think for yourself and be less dependent on the words and actions
of authority figures. Bitcoin has certainly changed my life. They don't usually teach this kind of stuff in school but I think they should.

You can spend your entire life learning about bitcoin and still not know everything about it
because there is always more to learn. To me it is an endlessly fascinating subject and never boring.

If you actually think that studying Bitcoin as a Master's Degree is a waste of the students funds and time, it then means that your knowledge about Bitcoin and the predicted future of Bitcoin is very limited. Of course the University is going to earn money from the students but studying Bitcoin as a post-graduate course will of course expose the students to learning the deep mysteries of the most successful coin in existence and because we all know that Bitcoin is now getting global recognition and adoption, people in the nearest future will be paying huge amounts just to learn Bitcoin and for  people that studied it in the tertiary institution, they'll have the opportunity of monetizing their knowledge by charging fees from interested people.

The world has no shortage of great people in bitcoin but in education we still see a lack of interest. The University of Spain is bringing the idea to education and I love it. Every university should follow suit because in the growth of digital finance the role of Bitcoin is vital so that everything can be understood from its origins. To convey that in a formal way, of course a higher education is the right place.

Great to see academia championing the educational part of this movement.  we need more of them. This part of the movement is loaded with unethical and unqualified individuals who mostly know not what they are talking about, more about content creation than knowledge transfer 

Sometimes it feels like I'm writing in an unknown language. I don't know why people do this, maybe they think it will make their posts look better, but for me personally it's actually the opposite.

Maybe we should start a course on the forum "how to use the forum properly"?

I appreciate your opinion. It is better to do a Masters in AI than Bitcoin, doing a Masters in AI will save you money and you will get a new interesting degree and job oriented education. The current AI revolution and in the next five to ten years it will spread widely in every industry sector. There will be no field where it will not be used, so I think it would be better to do a course on AI instead of a Masters degree course on Bitcoin in the university. There is no point in spending money on what we can learn for free on this forum.

Some employers cherish certificates from universities. Even when they are aware that these certifications don't guarantee competence, they just want prospective employees to have them. This might be why people may have interest in the course.

Truthfully, I don't see anything that the course will offer that students cannot learn on this forum. The only difference is that there will be physical learning and degree certificate.

This is the first time that I am hearing that a university is offering Bitcoin as a course although I am also hearing in on this thread that they are not the first, other universities have been offering Bitcoin related programs. I think that it is a step in the right direction to add Bitcoin in academics, it will further give value to it's adoption. I assume that most things that will be taught in the Spanish university in the Bitcoin course are what we discuss here in this forum everyday, this will make most of us to value this forum more. Because we are getting Bitcoin knowledge for free in this forum should not make us to think that it is a waste of time and money to learn them in an institution.

It's not the first university to take initiative in teaching Bitcoin, quite a few actually had courses that taught the principles of blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin. I know because I was enrolled in one a few years ago; it's probably the first one to launch a master's degree though.
I agree, whether we like it or not, there isn't a job market for Bitcoin, or it's an extremely small one but I can't think of a potential job opportunity. This degree has little to no use, and if we claim that it might interest Bitcoin enthusiasts to learn, just as @Lucius already mentioned, you can already do that online through thousands of guides and courses for free.

Nice reading this here. People do not really know what they are gaining here by virtue of being a member of this platform. This platform is a citadel of Bitcoin and blockchain education. If one is devoted to learning about Bitcoin, they can reserve their money and resources to go to school just to learn about Bitcoin from the basics, but when it comes to advanced research and other in-depth knowledge with respect to academics and further advanced development, it is alright because there would be academic publications and vetting would be done by learned scholars who has been in the field for a long time. For the fact that this platform was founded by Satoshi himself, it is enough for anyone to learn about Bitcoin because he dropped major information about Bitcoin here, which we can get the links and read deeply into his discovery, and have more insight about the reasons why he came up with the discovery of Bitcoin. I am happy he left this platform in the safe hands of our administrator, Theymos, who has constantly been up and doing to make sure there are lots of educational activities and upgrades on the platform. I just believe anyone who is desperate to know about Bitcoin and finds themselves here should count themselves lucky.

This is incredibly interesting, Since the majority of people still do not entirely comprehend Bitcoin, education on it is sorely needed.  In my opinion, the institution took a wise decision because Bitcoin is not only a trend but is truly becoming a crucial piece of the economy.  It will also aid generate more people who can work in the banking and blockchain industries.  In my opinion, more universities ought to adopt this road and provide identical courses.

It comes off as a bit naive to presume that taking courses sufficient for a masters degree from a university is the same as whatever level of hanging out that any of us might be doing on the forum.

Surely both course materials and lectures could be way more indepth and organized as compared with sporadic contents of various forum threads. 

University courses would also likely include expectations of homework, and various kinds of exams, whether multiple choice tests or written composition, and many times master's programs will require the student to prepare some kind of a master's thesis or master's project that is reviewed by a supervising professor that will help the student in the carrying out of the project and/or thesis.

This forum has active and passive participants, so it can be quite difficult to know the level of knowledge that another person might have in regards to various bitcoin-related topics and/or their abilities to either take tests on the topics or to express some of their views in any kind of in-depth writing.

By the way, I am not opposed to some teaching beyond just bitcoin, yet it seems to me that the focus should primarily be on bitcoin and bitcoin first, and perhaps less than 10% of the required curriculum to be shitcoin related.. and so surely within any academic program there would be required classes and optional classes, and some of the classes might be more rigourous or technical, and others might not be as rigorous, perhaps partly depending on the style of the professor for each of the classes.

What is amazing are those who claim to have some kind of deep understanding of bitcoin, all learned from the internet,
all the while they are promoting crypto shitcoin gambling in their signature and avatars. Which goes against everything bitcoin stands for.
The irony is such idiots are the ones who are the most in dire need of some proper classroom instruction.

That’s true we have some nice knowledgeable users in this forum that are good in impacting in others. And we ain’t paying for it all we got to do is to go through their thread and replies to be impacted on, I have learned a lot from this forum and I am using those knowledge for growth , it would have been nice if we have a way test our bitcoin knowledge, in different aspects either in the economical aspects or technical aspects .

If they have professors that are bitcoin maximalist like the ones we have here , the chances of those student falling for any rug bull shit project is damn low…😄

From my perspective, there is no need to get a master's degree on Bitcoin because a master's degree must provide opportunities to study in different countries around the world. Since Bitcoin has been legalized in only a very small number of countries in the world, there is no need for a master's degree on such a large scale. However, it would have been sufficient to provide short chapter-based studies in the form of syllabus at the lower secondary and secondary education levels.

You can learn and take a master degree if it's affordable for your in finance and if you can do it with your ability in knowledge, intelligence. Why not take the course and Master degree if you can?

It can be an offline course, or an online course or a hybrid course, it's up to you in finding and registering an appropriate course for your demand.

Your opinion does not make sense, unlogical too.

Bitcoin is not legal tender in many countries but it is not illegal in most of countries. Your statement does not base on any information and fact, just your thinking I believe, and it's inaccurate.

https://newhedge.io/terminal/bitcoin/legality-map

What do you think about the future?

I think such a degree will be more and more relevant as everybody pushes for the adoption of BTC and crypto as a whole.

Maybe your argument is irrelevant because it is important to remember that there is definitely a difference between learning something online and practically. In my opinion the university in Spain will teach practically.
Moreover the way you are learning Bitcoin, university students will definitely be able to learn about Bitcoin more accurately and to a much greater extent than you because everyone will be informed about Bitcoin through theoretical education and practical training. Even at a glance everyone should see that there are several important Bitcoin experts out there.

https://coingape.com/want-a-crypto-career-spanish-university-now-offers-masters-degree-in-bitcoin-news/

Through the article mentioned, I have learned that the Master's Degree will be launched at the University of Spain from April 28th, basically this is an online course.

Knowledge without the degree can still be achieved, however - I would be pretty interested in what exactly would be taught during such a program.

At least to start the program and see how it would go 8)

Is the course free? Paying for a program without knowing the content might be wasteful. It's better to contact the support team of the university and ask about the program. Maybe it would include general Bitcoin knowledge and students might be given an option of majoring in a section of the industry. I will be interested in learning about mining.

The one thing that upsets me so much that these kids grew up with bitcoin ,while we had to learn it when we were already working in our jobs. Imagine learning what a bitcoin is before you turn 15, you could grow up to do so much in this industry, you could literally build an entire career in the crypto world without much trouble and everyone would be ok with it.

When I first started investing into bitcoin, people assumed I was doing something illegal, like I was a drug dealer or something, because those were the people who used it. So these kids who are starting now, and mastering it on university classes, are people who I envy so much. They have so much to look for and they can do so much if they know what they are doing.

Starting on April 28, the fully online program will provide students with technical, economic, legal, and philosophical expertise to navigate the emerging Bitcoin landscape. This initiative responds to the growing need for informed professionals capable of understanding Bitcoin beyond its role as a digital asset.

https://thecryptobasic.com/2025/04/24/spanish-university-launches-worlds-first-masters-degree-in-bitcoin/

Students will definitely be able to play a role in the country's financial affairs economically by learning about Bitcoin, Bitcoin education will serve as the most important tool to reach the highest level. Students who earn a Bitcoin master's degree and learn about Bitcoin will be able to play a major role in the country's economy. This Bitcoin degree is not given only for their own experience, and by acquiring Bitcoin education, they will also be able to teach future students about Bitcoin, thus spreading the light of Bitcoin education throughout the Spanish country.
As a result, everyone will learn about Bitcoin in terms of the country's development and infrastructure, helping the country to get a touch of more modernity, as is the case in El Salvador.

Don't see the word "free" in the original article, so it may cost something for those interested.

Well that's how everything works since somehow we are a early phase on Bitcoin existence and there's no much information about it that's why we need to do self study just to learn how everything works with Bitcoin also how we can take advantage to gain profit with it.

The new generation is lucky that for many years of Bitcoin existence it creates lots of experts on the field which is available to teach them about this things.

Its just what they need is to commit and for sure that their life would became better especially if they are fully committed to learn lots of things about Bitcoin and also Blockchain technology.

That impression about we are doing illegal is crazy impressions before and maybe they say that its because Bitcoin is new way back then. But now its great to see that narrative is changing and if they know we are Bitcoin investor somehow they got amaze to us since they know that we have money to spend for investment matters.

Some will still remain ignorant, but that's alright - there are always people who do not want to get deeper into the subject to change their stance.

I just hope that this kind of degree will make more good than bad in the perspective.

Here is the link from an official website: https://hesperides.edu.es/estudios/masters-degree-in-economics/
Did you guys see the price? It's 7,650 €/year, that's crazy, it's EU, not the USA or Canada :D By the way, I find it hard to pay for that degree even if I didn't have a problem with spending that much money on that because why should I pay for something that started from this forum? This forum is everything that you need to learn Bitcoin, this is the place where satoshi and other legendary members were posting, this is the place where Bitcoin started and developed, this is the place where top companies started their business. So, what's the point of paying in something that's entirely free? To get a paper?

I think it's a good one, I might go there having a student visa learning that master's degree for Bitcoin and then stay there to have a permanent residency.  8)

The difference there is that they'll give you a paper certifying that you've learned from there and earned there. There is the recognition from the academe that you can use for jobs and that's a globally recognized paper. While here, it's all about the street wise that we've learned entirely from the community although it's also globally recognized but there is no paper recognition but all in the mind.

To get a paper that says that you are smart 8)

In all honesty.. Depends on what you want to achieve and where this "paper" would be useful.

With the look of things and the position Bitcoin has taken in the world and for Bitcoin to be introduced in the university definitely it is going to be a general course such that it will not be optional to students but is going to be a compulsory course that student must have to pass before being certified for graduation, this implies that there is going to a certain level of discipline towards meeting up expectations and passing exams, of course it is a different environment entirely between learning Bitcoin here in the forum and that of in the university while we might have choices of what to learn about Bitcoin in the forum, in the university student will be required to meet up certain curriculum in various sessions or semesters.

It would still cost a hefty sum, as we saw previously in the thread.

So it's better to learn main things and concepts there for free and only then think about such a degree.

Your points and message here are very loud and clear, as I can relate.  Activities here on this platform cannot be compared to those of academic settings, as the case may be. The difference between both platforms is that here is an open platform free of membership with no fees or tuition, with no means of measuring for knowledge acquired, and things are done based on inputs and contributions from random members who are not known by their level of education and exposure, although some are learned and educated, virtually not every one of them are but however, we could be able to access some by virtue of their contribution, their level of knowledge as it relates to the aspect of bitcoin education they are well grounded in.

You are not far from the truth about the fact that expectations of homework and exams are a must in the university setting. Here, the narrative is different, and that is why I don't think it can be compared to academic settings, because this is an open platform that has no restriction of membership but on the mercies of other member to grow in up rank from their kind gesture, although it is an appreciation for a work and contribution well done but when it comes to academic settings you must write test and exams just as you have said, you do good research and publications that are well vetted for the purpose for which they were executed, and it would add up to the bitcoin community at large because it would be sourced after for reference purposes when ever it is necessary to do so. These are just some of the things that keep the bitcoin community and knowledge growing and expanding.

Truly, some courses are that rigorous and technical, and I know Bitcoin wouldn't be exempted because it too has its technical side, which ought to be properly learnt and understood, and these are the reasons I believe some schools deemed it fit to take a Masters degree programme on Bitcoin education so as to make sure it is well taught and learnt in the academic field leaving no stone unturned.

I don't see anything wrong with people paying to study about bitcoin for a degree, despite the fact that there are wealth of knowledge in the forum  there are People who find it difficult to learn on there own and also there are many who are not aware of bitcointalk forum so I think this a great opportunity for all .As I believe this program will help a lot in bitcoin adoption and with time other schools will key in to this idea of running a bitcoin degree program.lastly the certificate that one will be issued at the end of the program will also offer great opportunity in the labour market.

Would it not make you more competent if you had a master’s degree and would make you more qualified in those few countries where bitcoin is legal? You are not gonna be working in all different countries. Let’s say you wanted to work in the US, they might see your educational background and might get impressed. Why work in a country where bitcoin is not legal with a master’s degree with bitcoin? You can even say that maybe Spaniards are looking for those with a master’s degree in a specific field and in this case bitcoin.
Short chapter based is literally just a paragraph when discussing about the economy and money. Kids do not dig deeper about bitcoin at all so if anyone wanted to do that, they could do it with a master’s degree.

I am not sure if any part of the curriculum would be "how to avoid scams," yet there could be some parts of the curriculum that address the various kinds of scams that have been going on and are likely to continue to happen. 

I would imagine that if some of the professors are shitcoiners, then they may not be very good at keeping students from being scammed because they might be teaching something related to some shitcoins and potentially causing the shitcoin to seem as if it were legitimate.  Whenever smart people try to talk about ethereum as if it were legitimate, yet they fail refuse to give great attention to foundational aspects related to both its premine, and also no ability to really determine how many coins exist.. and a similar thing is true with Ripple.. .and so sometimes there are smart people who fail to really be critical of the various shitcoins.


I will agree that the successful graduate school programs likely have undergraduate level studies.  I doubt that there are a lot of needs to teach bitcoin in depth at the primary and secondary education, since more importantly it seems to be important to teach the basic subjects of math, language (native language and foreign languages), history, geography, art/music, science, health/physical education and  computer science.

Sure bitcoin can be involved in almost all of the basic topics, including any teachings that might relate to politics and economics, and sure there can be some politics and economics that are also included in primary and secondary education.. .. maybe some folks might suggest home economics involves balancing a checkbook, and/or learning how to type...

I saw this from the article you posted.
I don't think I need a master degree to know these things about bitcoin. Aside the business development strategy which is a huge "if", I don't think there's anything here that you can learn online and on this forum. All these are basic things that anybody who actually wants to learn about bitcoin will learn by himself.  I'm not saying its a bad initiative, but I feel it should be deeper than this. They could focus on the more technical and more complicated part of it.

Unfortunately this is a very good initiatives, if really 80% to 90% of countries in the world 🌎 accept cryptocurrency in various primary,secondary and tertiary education as a subject/course, it would have being better because the development of technologies are increasing day by day, so when they learn about cryptocurrency from primary levels to tertiaries lack of unemployment will reduce and many individuals will never depend on government paying jobs anymore, and this initiatives would help the upcoming future generations, moreover the technical aspects of crypto and economic aspects should be taught by experts as well as historical background and more, especially in my region it will help a lot of youths that haven't secured a government paying job yet.

This is nice to be honest. This really makes us more invested to bitcoin because it shows that the global adaptation is there and its potential is showing. I still can't believe that bitcoin is being accepted everywhere and the this will be a steppingstone to make bitcoin as a tool for transactions in a society. This isn't a hype thingy, or something craze that people believe in, it's an actual product that leads us to more innovative structure of it, which is having which is having real-world education, real usage, and real value behind it.

When universities start offering degrees about Bitcoin, it proves that it's no longer just for tech geeks or traders, it's becoming part of everyday life. LFG BTC!

Bitcoin is not really that widely studied as a degree, especially at the master's level; it can be added to be studied like a course in school just to spread the knowledge about it, and then anyone who wants to know more can extend their knowledge.

What I can say about this is that the school wants to use that to attract people into the school, as many might want to learn about it in depth, but deep down they might not see anything different from what's on the internet, as they will even fill their brain with other economic courses that will have nothing to do with Bitcoin.

It's a nice and a welcome development, Bitcoin being introduced as a course of study in higher institution is a milestone achieved. Although we have expected this a long time ago but now it gradually coming and I hope this gets to other universities. Bitcoin or Blockchain technology is very vast and need to be studied. It is even important than most courses in higher institution that doesn't add much value to the society. This will equipt and prepare the younger generation ahead of the future. Most children already have there name willed to Bitcoin asset but may find it difficult to access their wealth, but with this, most students will be fully aware about Bitcoin and will lead to a massive adoption, and also have access to their wealth transferred to them by their parents.

It is not necessarily easy to get a Master's degree, and prior to getting a Master's degree, you need to get a bachelor's degree.

Some guys here do not have either a bachelor's degree or a Master's degree, yet they want to proclaim that participating in a forum like this is of similar quality as having a Master's degree.

It is strange to suggest that there is no value to book learning, and surely some folks finish their education (such as a Bachelor's degree or a Master's degree), and maybe they did not learn anything... but I doubt it.  Most of the time, each class has requirements to write or to take tests in order to show some attempts at grappling with the topics that were being taught in each course. Some universities may be more rigid than others in terms of making sure that their graduates have some level of knowledge and/or skills in the areas being taught.


Unless you get a scholarship, Universities tend to cost money not ONLY for the cost of tuition and books and other study materials, yet also the opportunity costs that come from studying rather than being available to earn money through gainful employment... So even paying lodging and food costs, while studying at university can add up to being costly... Yet, frequently, some jobs are ONLY available to applicants who have had certain kinds of educational and experience backgrounds.


Surely, some members might grow up in households with parents who are well educated through University and/or through life experiences, and some folks learn faster than others, whether they attend university or not.

Some folks may well not need a college education in order to identify ways that they might need to study and to potentially learn subjects without receiving formal education on the topics, yet University can still teach people how to learn better and even how to engage in critical thinking if they might not have been taught those skills in their youth.

There are some uneducated folks who believe that they are engaging in critical thinking through their being skeptical of matters, yet frequently they will be missing some basic areas of learning, and not really know what they do not know.  Surely, I am not claiming to be any kind of an expert since there are so many topics in which I feel that I don't have a lot of knowledge, training and/or studies in a lot of different areas, and many times there are only so many hours in the day to try to learn, even if some of us were capable of learning certain topics.  We know that there are some folks who have aptitudes for learning topics more quickly than others.


Rank is not even necessarily based on knowledge, but instead time served and likability, yet surely some forum members who present ideas well receive more merits, but merits are not always given based on objective criteria or even topical knowledge... even though frequently, guys will give merits to posts that outline facts and logic and have conclusions and/or opinions that flow from facts and logic, but still if the topic is presented in a difficult way, then no one will read it.  I am not claiming that my posts are necessarily read, or even based on a kind of presentation that might be necessarily in an academic setting.  And even an academic setting might sometimes be easier than a professional setting where the writing (and presentation) might need to be at a higher level depending on documents that might sometimes be presented internally within organizations or they might be presented publicly to describe a position or policy of an organization or .they might be defending (or arguing) certain theories.. .in the context of scientific writing or in the context of legal writing or in the context of poetry and/or literature, each of which might have differing objectives, including standards if there might be either a reviewing body or some supervisors who want to make sure that the writing achieves the organizational objectives.


Students will be held to a lower standard than professors or someone who might be wanting to get tenured and being reviewed by colleagues, and sure some of the supposed standards are scams, since sometimes they may well have agendas that prioritize or deprioritize certain areas that might be in support of mainstream theories (or accepted science) versus some areas will be frowned upon if they do not fit within certain areas of accepted science or politics or accepted dogmas of some fields that might even be unwilling to accept challenges to the more accepted frameworks, whether we are referring to science, history, politics, economics, religion or various other fields that might have more accepted areas and less accepted areas.


There surely are differing opinions within the bitcoin community, and there may well be objections to certain practices and/or ways of thinking about bitcoin, and some folks might consider certain current events as potential attacks on the bitcoin network, and so there can be a lot of ways to frame the discussion to describe areas as attacks on bitcoin or even for example, if there might be acceptable ways that shitcoins might be accepted or pegged to bitcoin.


There are aspects of bitcoin that are still being absorbed into various kinds of mainstream discussion (and/or academic discussions), and surely there have been various kinds of bitcoin (and/or crypto) degree programs going back to at least around the time that I got into bitcoin and/or even before that.. .. but yeah, some of the earlier discussions might have had bitcoin as ONLY a course or maybe as sub-components of several kinds of courses and within differing departments, yet the more that a field develops, the more that it might be shown that other topics can be looked through bitcoin rather than bitcoin being looked at through the other topics, and so many fields that are more developed, they will have abilities to specialize within the field, whether someone might specialize in the technical aspects of bitcoin or maybe another person might specialize in the economics and/or politics and maybe another person might specialize in social aspects or even specialize in relating shitcoins to bitcoin.  Even within any of our posts that might describe the different possible ways of specializing, any professor might design some courses that might have some certain emphasis, even philosophy and bitcoin or religion and bitcoin or there could be some ways that we are not really able to capture the essences in regards to how some courses and/or student's might choose to specialize.  There could even be some classes that are self-study or the master's thesis might attempt to explore some previously unexplored areas - even though master's thesis don't necessarily need to be as original as something like a PHD thesis would need to be... but a student could still attempt to engage in some original data gathering and attempt to develop areas of discussion that had not been previously explored by other works.

It is a bit ironic also how some guys think that learning about bitcoin relates to investing in it, even though surely investing into bitcoin could be an angle, but when it comes to learning at university, you would not necessarily need to invest into bitcoin in order to learn about it, even though in the real world, it hardly makes any sense when guys come to a forum like this and they want to talk about all of the supposed smart and theoretical things that they know about bitcoin, and it makes less sense if they are not actually also involved in bitcoin in one way or another... yet, sure in academics there frequently are goals to attempt to stay neutral, which seems quite strange when it comes to something like bitcoin that has both the theoretical angle, but also the practical angle that suggest everyone better get a stake in it sooner rather than later, or else have fun staying poor...

but learning about bitcoin from an academic level may not require any investing into it, depending on the area of focus... yet some of the guys who learn about bitcoin (or any other topic) without some hands on the ground will also suffer from their own difficulties in relating to certain practical aspects of the topic .. even though, yes, for sure, an academic does not have to buy bitcoin (and/or shitcoins) in order to learn about bitcoin and/or shitcoins.  He does not necessarily need to learn how to program or to involve himself in various aspects of shitcoin's or ICOs or meme coins or stable coins, even though he might have to learn some of the basics of some of these matters, and schools can set up their programs in regards to which courses are mandatory and which are electives, and also even within the courses, there may well be some generally agreed upon standards within certain courses, and some courses might be left up to the professor to design or they might have some course templates that they consider to be acceptable and the professor may well have some latitude within the course description to choose some of his own materials and/or perhaps certain areas that he would like to emphasize more or less within the already existing design of the course.


Most likely with any attempt to add a degree or a specialty at either the graduate level or at the undergraduate level, something like bitcoin would have to fit within one of the already existing departments and/or programs, and surely anyone who is interested in bitcoin would likely be more sympathetic to Austrian economics rather than traditional economics, even though I don't see any problem learning the various schools of thought..and many times we hear about folks who learned traditional economics, yet they claimed to have not been taught anything about Austrian economics, so I would imagine that Austrian economics would likely get more attention in the context of teaching and learning about bitcoin within the departments... .. yet, I think that any departments are going to have tensions within them in terms of what might be valuable parts of the core curriculum within the department, and surely some departments want to make sure that they are recognized beyond merely locally...They want to be recognized nationally, and internationally, perhaps?

Instead of being in the economics department bitcoin could be within computer science, yet it seems that economics may well be a good fit, even though there may also be ways that some of the courses will overlap with courses in other departments, just like none of the areas of study are strictly their own isolated existence, and frequently there is going to be areas that overlap.

Of course on the forum, we talk about all kinds of aspects of bitcoin, yet I doubt that there are many threads that are able to stay at a deep enough level to be academic (whether at the undergraduate level or at the graduate level), and yeah within academics there are discussions of theory versus practice and even within some economic departments there will be areas that specialize more in practice rather than theory or even something like financial advising and accounting would be on the practical side, yet the departments might not necessarily focus on practical training, since that is something that is learned by having a job or maybe an internship...so even some members in this forum think that bitcoin relates to various investment angles, yet that is ONLY one perspective of bitcoin and perhaps how some guys might not really be interested in learning about bitcoin from any theoretical perspective, except for how any theories or studies about bitcoin foundations and/or fundamentals relates to the strength (or weakness) of bitcoin's investment thesis.

Bitcoin is for everyone from Bitcoin developers, academic researchers to simply investors or users. As users or investors, we don't have to learn and know too deeply about Bitcoin at levels of programmers or academic researchers, let's learn basics and be able to use Bitcoin blokchain and bitcoin safely and securely, it's enough.

For Bitcoin investors, knowing basics about the market cycles, psychology cycles, methods to choose good wallets (open source, non custodial) and use wallets rightly are enough for investment.

Different people have different needs and ability to learn and practice (from programming, researching to investment or simply using) but the forum magically has very experienced and knowledgeable members to help them from basics to advance.

https://learnmeabitcoin.com/beginners/
https://learnmeabitcoin.com/technical/
https://www.lopp.net/bitcoin-information/getting-started.html
https://www.lopp.net/bitcoin-information.html
https://github.com/bitcoinbook/bitcoinbook
https://bitcoin.org/en/choose-your-wallet
https://learn.saylor.org/course/view.php?id=468&sectionid=17144

This is something I'll like to participate in tbh😃. It's btc centered which is very direct also

Unless you are on government benefits or sponsorship you have no business going for a Masters degree in Bitcoin. Masters programs are usually either Masters Research or Masters Taught, either one the modules all involve student writing research essays and reports on a variety of topics. I strongly believe a hero rank member on the forum knows more about bitcoin than a MSc student studying bitcoin.

If there's something to learn from those courses that benefit us for long term then I don't actually mind paying for it. Especially that the knowledge we could get there would be beneficial for us for long term.

Newbies are so lucky to have schools or courses like this because they can learn about Bitcoin in most convenient way. Compare to us before where everything is new we are struggling to find good information about Bitcoin that's why we encounter lots of scams and that cost us a lot of money. So if they pay for this courses and they learn a lot especially for avoiding those scam then for sure they could save lots of money from it in long run compare if they go solely for their selves and they might lose a lot from wrong investments they choose to try.

No matter your thoughts on the benefits of this course, this is a huge step forward for the ecosystem.

I looked at the official website for the university in question and it seems that in their studies it is directly written that there are indeed confirmed 2 studies for bitcoin master and postgraduate https://hesperides.edu.es/estudios/

That is clearly one of the very good things because with this indirectly more people will now be literate about bitcoin, especially seeing the vision and mission they want to create by considering bitcoin not only as covering cryptocurrencies but far more than that because they start from the beginning such as history and even about the implications for the economy later.
This is a very good breakthrough in my opinion because after all this can be a very good start for bitcoin to be better known especially in academic circles.

Yeah, why wouldn't they teach about various scams that can likely happen, if they don't then they haven't taught them anything because scam is a major challenge now so if an institution is running a master degree on bitcoins then possible scam methods should be taught but however, before a bitcoin student reaches the level of a master degree program, he should be conversant with scamming methodologies.

Why will professors who are to teach students running a masters degree on bitcoin now divert to teaching them about shitcoins, it doesn't make any sense instead they will teach them about the risks associated with shitcoins and how they can avoid them at all cost.

Even though it would cost funds - yeah, it's a good initiative, not going to lie - I hope more places would adopt such a concept and play around with it.

And why the heck cares about what's written on paper? I want you to show me how you deal with real life problems, how you find solutions and not about what's written about you on paper. I think that this approach is slowly changing and companies care more about your portfolio instead of your certificate (it's still not a thing in most of EU countries but as I see, it's a thing in the USA and some other countries).

By the way, I can't imagine where this paper will be useful too. To my mind, it doesn't worth the money. Just be more disciplined, register on Bitcointalk, check all the threads, read every information, ask questions and you'll be more educated than those who finished that course.

Definitely there is know how we will surely talk about Master degree without first talking about bachelors degree, as one must pass first phase before talking about the second.

It's only ignorant people that will think that will think or suggest that participating in this forum like this is equally like having a bachelor's or degree master. As far as forum is concerned, there is no special skill here, here is a free learning ground. Though there could be variety of degrees in peoples knowledge in terms of Bitcoin tech among  each others, but yet we can't steal claim here to a place equal to a place of BCS and masters degree Holder. Since Bitcoin can be understood by many with just basic knowledge and understanding. If one can read and write and also communicate vividly without being confused them such person is equal to the task.

The good news is that more and more education about blockchains.

But I was a little curious because they had a Master's degree that had to be achieved through a Bachelor's degree. It seems that I also haven't read much about the world's universities opening blockchain scholars. Could it be that this university is already open for undergraduates and reopened for Masters.

Another thought is who is the teacher? I don't know many of the world's blockchain experts and not many have certifications that are worthy of being a teacher. When we are here we are experts in blockchain but we have no evidence that we are experts that are shown by official documents. So the university is an official institution recognized by the world and that adds to the trust. Maybe in this forum there is a lot of understanding but we don't have official evidence, then we will not be recognized. But I also believe that there are experts who do not have official evidence that they are experts. Some say that graduating from college does not show that they have mastered but that they have gone through the learning process. IMO

Finally, a school has woken up to reality.. better late than never, right? At least they now understand that Bitcoin and blockchain are the future. Decentralized transactions are more secure and transparent, and it’s important to be aware of that.

With this kind of news, it could spark a trend that other schools might follow. We’re talking about a massive industry here, Bitcoin is already in the global top 10 by market cap, so it definitely deserves to be studied.

And the best part? As more people get educated, the chances of getting scammed will go down. Knowledge is power, especially in crypto.

As far as what I had looked at the bitcoin program (master's) was within the economics department, so they would have various teachings on economics, and sure maybe they end up learning Keynsian Economics rather than Austrian Economics, so some folks might think that there is a a bit of a scam to try to place bitcoin related teaching within traditional economic topics.  Each semester (or quarter) they will have various course, offerings, and usually professors teach graduate students, and sometimes, some of the graduate students will assist in teaching the undergraduate students.. but yeah, I did not see exactly if their were certain courses that would be required to have the bitcoin master's.. so that it may well be an economics master's degree with a bit of a bitcoin specialization.

A master degree and a master course add more options for people who want to learn about Bitcoin technically blockchain and economically with Bitcoin economics.

There are other courses at lower levels but they are still hepful for learning.

Bitcoin Education for Beginners: The Sovereign University. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5467597.0)
[LIST] Institutions offering blockchain courses and programs in the world. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5283129.0)

Some are free courses for learning too but if you don't mind about courses, there are many open documents for learning on Internet.
The Bitcoin Standard (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A2S8PK4JiYSekQZQs7kEw-BkSOc0j_ei/view) book.

In my opinion this pioneer program in Spain will have two famous economists and they will be able to give proper knowledge of professional Bitcoin and blockchain technology there. We can see that the time of this program is 10 months which will have sixty ECTS credits, all in all, it seems that it is going to be an important milestone. It is even clear that this program in Spain will be taught about Bitcoin's economic theory and running a node or (pow). Moreover the significant key point of this program as far as I know is to reduce the gap between the education and the job market.
https://letstalkbitco.in/spains-first-bitcoin-masters-degree-launches-april-2025-key-details-and-impact/

I will agree with you 100% because I was once had an experienced this teaching pattern, there was a course that usually looks difficulties to us then, but when we asked the teacher to explain in our local language we understand it better, so in hesence using local language in various schools to learn cryptocurrency would be better and easier to understand, most expecially on the aspects Economic, technical and research departments aspects, however an expertise on this various aspects should provide a comprehensive understanding to students, although I know quite alright that 90% of many members here in forum who have teaching experience and certifications, moreover these experienced expertise could also bring stronger development to the cryptocurrency space in aspects of education.

Even if they would need more economics and BTC would take around 30%-40% of the course, it would still be a great thing to witness, even though much of the info and the basics can be learned through sources not so official, so to speak.

It's a good development in the right direction.

People could also check the background of the educator. Since we could see it here those people who will lead or teach this courses.

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Looking at this people, Spain get it really seems that they have promising future with these educators they get. Maybe for now we cannot see the result of this planned they made, but I'm so positive that there's better future on Bitcoin with this initiatives they do to educate people about Bitcoin in their country.

That is smart observation about how master program about Bitcoin may set up in school economics section. You are right to point out that there are different ways of thinking about economics like Keynesian and Austrian ideas and this could affect what they teach. It is possible that program in regular economics department might focus more on usual economic ideas which could make some people think that Bitcoin stuff is less important or even explained in way that does not really match main ideas of Bitcoin like being spread out and being solid form of money.
You think it may more of second option economics master where you can pick Bitcoin related classes. This mean that while students learn much about general economics how much they know about Bitcoin depend on classes they pick. If such program would really give students specific knowledge and thinking skills they need for fast changing world of Bitcoin or if it would mostly just teach them to look at Bitcoin through eyes of traditional economics so this will be very helpful.

This is a welcome development introducing a coarse on Bitcoin in the university is a good move because it is going to have significant impact on the students especially when it comes to crypto currency and how they will utilize and make good use of this ever emerging crypto currency especially Bitcoin, this coarse will better reposition students with the relevant knowledge base that will be needed to go into the crypto community because knowledge is fundamental and key to it .




This is a lesson to other countries especially emerging economies that is still struggling with their economies to take advantage of Bitcoin because Bitcoin has a lot of economic importance that it will add to countries so introducing courses like this is opening the doors of the country to Bitcoin because when the younger generation which are basically students are properly informed about Bitcoin in the United level there will be a significant amount of people who will like to get involved in Bitcoin by way of investment

In terms affording such educational certification I think you should only speak for yourself because individuals financial muscles differs from one another, what am saying in essence is that the fact that you can not afford it doesn't mean the next man can't without being sponsored by the government, secondly you don't have any claim to justify such statement that a hero member rank on this forum knows more about Bitcoin than an MSc student studying Bitcoin, this is not true because a university will have a module of learning process more organized than the forum, honestly there is no point making this comparison because they are both different environment.

As far as I know there are some universities that teach blockchain technology, but this is the first time I've heard of one that teaches Bitcoin.

But will the curriculum at this university focus solely on learning about Bitcoin's history, philosophy, and economic impact, or will it also cover Bitcoin technology and its technical fundamentals, such as addresses, wallets, mining, the Proof-of-Work algorithm, and so on?

This page  (https://hesperides.edu.es/estudios/master-en-bitcoin/)seems to give some better description of the various courses and also the backgrounds of the professors that are involved in Bitcoin Master's program.  I would like to see some better descriptions of the courses and the materials that might be involved in each of the courses.  Each student seems to be required to create some kind of a Master's project, so that would give some flexibility, perhaps in regards to an area of focus that each student might individually choose.

Frequently a Master's degree will take 2 years to accomplish the 60 credits, yet, this one is crammed into 10 months ( so largely one year), and frequently there would be some order in regards to the classes, such as some of them would be consider more foundational classes and then other classes would build upon the more foundational classes, yet from the universities description of courses, the order of the classes is not clear.  The brochure that is available for download might give further specifics about some of the courses. 

Here is a general description of courses.

>>>>>Curriculum   Collapse
Name of the subject   ECTS
Philosophy and History   3
The Technology Behind Bitcoin   6
Theory of Money and Credit   3
Economic Theory of Bitcoin   3
Bitcoin vs. Cryptoassets   3
Legality and Taxation   3
Bitcoin Investment   3
Self-Custody and Privacy Workshop   3
Bitcoin Layers Workshop   3
Accounting and Taxation Workshop   3
Nodes and Mining Workshop   3
Business Communication   3
Audiovisual Communication   3
Business Development   3
Professional Bitcoin Custody   3
Stablecoins and Securities   3
Sidechains   3
Master's Final Project   6
Total   60 credits
Download the curriculum
<<<<<<<


Of course, at the master's level there would be an expectation that the courses might be able to be at a higher level since the students would have had already completed a bachelor's degree (https://hesperides.edu.es/admisiones/procedimiento-de-admision-master-en-bitcoin/).

And, yeah if the courses are taught in Spanish, then there would be a need to understand Spanish at a high enough level to be able to succeed in each of the courses.


My link above gives some more detailed descriptions of the various professors involved in the program.

"""""This page  (https://hesperides.edu.es/estudios/master-en-bitcoin/)seems to give some better description of the various courses and also the backgrounds of the professors that are involved in Bitcoin Master's program."""""


By looking at the titles of the bitcoin courses on their website, it seems that the courses are bitcoin specific, so the extent to which economic theories might be included within some of the courses (beyond merely the course that is entitled "Economic Theory of Bitcoin", it would seems that the instructors would want to describe the various economic theories to compare and contrast such economic theories and how they may fit into various ways of analyzing what is happening related to bitcoin, and likely even emphasizing Austrian economics rather than Keynesian economics within the various bitcoin courses, besides the economic theory course... yet in academics, frequently there would are going to be needs to describe the theoretical influences and perhaps the various macro battles that are happening around the world in regards what is money and/or what is the role of money (past, present and future).

This is indeed an initiative that will inspire students in Spain to learn about Bitcoin. We have heard about some universities before that provide knowledge about Bitcoin. But this is an initiative that will provide a graduate certificate along with knowledge. Bitcoin knowledge may not be something special for us, because we are all more or less knowledgeable about Bitcoin and are also experienced in Bitcoin investment. But those in Spain who did not know about Bitcoin will also learn about Bitcoin with interest and through them Bitcoin will become more known to the whole world. Because of these initiatives, maybe one by one the negative thoughts about Bitcoin will change and they will become positive towards Bitcoin.

   

Of course, at the master's level there would be an expectation that the courses might be able to be at a higher level since the students would have had already completed a bachelor's degree (https://hesperides.edu.es/admisiones/procedimiento-de-admision-master-en-bitcoin/).

And, yeah if the courses are taught in Spanish, then there would be a need to understand Spanish at a high enough level to be able to succeed in each of the courses.


Honestly speaking, if all those courses are to be taught by their local tongues there would be a higher success and greater achievements to all, particularly some basic things the students need to know such as:
https://bitcoin.org/en/you-need-to-know
https://bitcoiner.guide/
And also historical background and researchs

If English is your official language and everyone in a class have an average communication skills in English language, I believe everyone can understand anything thought in the class, it's the pattern of teaching that makes understanding and comprehension difficult. Even in this forum, you can see different guide by different people, one will seem more simple to digest than the other one, that's because the easy one is more elaborate by a guy that knows how to communicate.

If you are teaching something and people don't seem to grab what you tend to be teaching, it means that the teacher doesn't understand it well to express how real it is for the students. Similarly to local languages, it's because such topics and subjects are been broken down to pieces as local language don't complicate things but also it can be done in English if only the teacher knows how to communicate to the student to their best understanding.

As far as I know, people who want to move to Europe can do it legally by studying in a European university. For example, imagine that I want to become a citizen of Spain. I have a bachelor's degree in Business Administration, and I think I can attend this MBA because it's for people in my profession. If I study Bitcoin's master's degree for two years, I should be able to get a permanent residence if I find a job in my profession but the problem is, I don't understand what kind of job someone should find with Bitcoin's master's degree. If you get this master's degree, which doors open for you? You should work for at least a year to get PR.

I agree, bitcoin have even gotten enough publicity and awareness, going to study it in the university is a waste of money in my own opinion. Bitcoin is money, the only knowledge that we need is to start investing and keep our private keys and seed phrases safe. It's not also a bad development either since it is specifically for only bitcoin and not with other cryptocurrency. What i just see in this development is that the University just want to be recognized as one among those institutions that teaches their students about bitcoin. Hope they don't charge so much fees for those that will be interested in the course.

Although I really appreciate people here especially with some of their thoughts that are more or less familiar with bitcoin but at the end of the day things like this will not be equalized.

It is true that knowledge can be sought anywhere including on this forum because there is a lot of learning that we take in this forum but when comparing them with those who try to gain knowledge and take master's certificates or whatever it is clear that we cannot be equated with that because it is different including in terms of degrees. Although many people may have more knowledge than the masters who are sometimes more into theory but in the end the degree is always a barrier even though some people sometimes don't really see it but we will not be able to equate those on the forum today with the masters who are trying to go deeper in terms of learning including in the degree.

Of course, the verification of people who study at official institutions will be more recognized in documents. So we can't compare officially and definitely lose. But if there were people like Satoshi, Vitalik and the original coin creators could they be called Masters?

I also found a master's program in Blockchain in Asia, precisely in Singapore under the name Nanyang Technological University 


Source: https://www.ntu.edu.sg/education/graduate-programme/master-of-science-in-blockchain

Master degree is academically recognized certificate, so Satoshi despite being a cryptography and a developer of bitcoin he can not be academically referred to as Master in bitcoin development unless if he, pass through the academic process to become one.


El Salvador has multiple programs in bitcoin/blockchain studies, so this new program from Spain, is not really the first time am institutions or government will entrench bitcoin into academic programs and institutions.

You are suggesting that any "original coin creator" such as Vitalik is similar to Satoshi?   ::) ::)

This is definitely a good initiative. The Spanish government has realized how much potential Bitcoin has for the future and that is why they have legalized Bitcoin in their country. In addition, universities have decided to offer a degree on Bitcoin. They are thinking very forward. The citizens of Spain are very lucky that they are getting such an opportunity. Because if we go to Spain to get this TV, we will have to spend a lot of money but they will get such a valuable degree with just the cost of a phone. And I am so unfortunate that in my country, selling has not been legalized yet. Thinking about a university for Bitcoin degree is a luxury for us  :-X

The publicity is doing itself because a lot of people already know the value of bitcoin, so they get interested in what they see they are see how bitcoin is growing so they don't even need anyone to tell them that this is a great investment and what they see is enough and over the years now bitcoin have experienced nothing but excessive growth and it is one of the best investment that everyone will want to invest in because of the profit but they also forget that it is a long time investment. And security matters a lot because you can not invest, and you don't take security seriously, so there are ways to make things easy for you when it comes to saving your seed phrase offline.

You could be right that Bitcoin has gotten enough publicity; you could also be right that the school is doing that to get attention but saying it's a waste of money to go in there and learn more about Bitcoin.

I disagree with that statement; there is more that could be learnt than just the regular how to send and receive Bitcoin or how to protect your private key. Bitcoin is a dip, and there is a lot to be learnt for those who want to make it a study, like how it came about, what makes Bitcoin unique and also the technicality of it.

Well if I am not wrong, this adoption is not that famous right now, because there were universities, like Stanford and similar universities, don't know the exact name, where in 2014 BTC was being taught, yeah in 2014. Now it's 2025 and you still praise these universities to teach students about crypto well it is still good for everyone. And dedicated degrees about crypto can be a next level thing.

Beause I don't think anyone would have thought it as a whole field but a subfield (which I take it as) but now if student will start exploring it, they can learn many things in their graduation time, which can be beneficial financially.

This is not actually true, Bitcoin has not gotten enough publicity and awareness maybe it could just be around 20% out of 100 % of the world population, it is so dumb for anyone to say that going to school to study bitcon  is a waste of money, perhaps university offering Bitcoin to be study is another avenue to create more awareness and publicity, certificate will be issued at the end of the studying Bitcoin in the university after passing various courses expected hence it is a waste of money. Indeed is another winning for Bitcoin to be taught in the university so people should stop talking down on the line of action.

It is not wrong to invest your money into education that is very powerful to help people enrich their knowledge, and can help them to find better opportunities in their life. Education can change people life entirely and it's not only limited to Bitcoin education.

It's open chance for people learning about Bitcoin because this is a public ledger, and there are many open access resources for learning. They can learn about Bitcoin with free documents, courses, websites, Youtube videos even without going to any schools or universities. However if they can afford to pay learning course fees like for a Master Degree, I guess why not?

It will be helpful for them in future and investment in education like a Master Degree is not a waste of money. If it is feasible for you, let's take it.

Yes, officially and administratively recognized by the world is through the academic learning stage. But with the creation of Bitcoin, does he deserve a special academic degree? Could there be a university that would give it to him?


Perhaps, because he also created coins. Although I am sure according to some readings the actual coins created before Bitcoin were quite a lot but they did not develop. For Vitalik I consider it similar because all I know is that he is an ETH developer, similar to Sathosi but still different.   CMIIW

Frankly, I don't see the point of this initiative. If a person realizes that he or she is interested in cryptography, he or she will study this field on his or her own. Nowadays it is quite easy to find the information you are interested in. Teaching cryptography to people who are not interested in it looks not quite rational. In my opinion, the one who launched this initiative just wants to draw attention to himself. Maybe even attract some sponsorship from Bitcoin maximalists. Nothing more. I am sure that many people who finish this program will never decide to use Bitcoin.

The program is not specifically teaching "cryptography."  The program is also in the economics department.  You can look at the list of subject matters to get the 60 credits, too:


There might potentially be some cryptography aspects of some of the courses, yet cryptography does not seem central to the overall curriculum.

What type of publication do you still want Bitcoin to have? I think Bitcoin has promoted itself, from the likes of critics to the top, and from last year's data, the world population which is into crypto is still below 20%, but that does not mean that a higher percentage of the left have not heard about crypto.

Anyone who is not interested in learning about cryptography won't be forced to take a course they don't want; each department usually has where they focus on, like I assumed in my first  (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5539476.msg65326130#msg65326130) comment on this thread that it will be under or indirectly under the economics department, just as JayJuanGee has quoted the courses, so it's left for the person who wants to study to decide.

Actually, even then Bitcoin knowledge is everywhere! But the problem is if you don't have the right direction maybe there can be few years but you wouldn't able to get all the things related bitcoin.
And about the bitcoin and Blockchain, then we also might know that bitcoin also used the Blockchain technology the real beauty of the Blockchain technology. So I think Blockchain technology should be also in the course plan where maybe we can get something more great from bitcoin in the long future ?

It is a bit unclear to what you are referring.  

First you are mixing terms of bitcoin and crypto, and it seems that this thread is about bitcoin and not about crypto, even though sure we might proclaim that there is some relation to crypto whether we are talking about how much crypto might be included in the teachings of the Master's degree or if we might be talking about the extent to which the world's population is aware of bitcoin and/or crypto and then how much adoption there might be of bitcoin and/or crypto.  It still seems important to attempt to distinguish between them so that we might know what you are talking about since for sure there is a lot of confusion, including folks not necessarily knowing the difference between bitcoin and shitcoins.

Second: if we are talking about people who know about bitcoin, it could not be very many, since if they actually knew about bitcoin they would start buying it.  Sure there may well be a lot of people who heard the name bitcoin, yet they might not know shit about bitcoin, and part of the evidence of someone not knowing bitcoin is when they use the word crypto to refer to bitcoin and other related projects either because they actually don't know what is bitcoin and/or because they are trying to sound as if they were smart.

Third:  Actual bitcoin adoption may well ONLY be around 1% of the world's population, even though we have more and more rich people, institutions and governments getting involved in buying and/or holding bitcoin.  Maybe we have an additional amount of people who hold crypto, yet I am not sure how much that shitcoin holding matters, yet I suppose there could be ways of trying to figure out the extent to which there might be some shitcoin holders that exist that ONLY hold shitcoins and do not hold bitcoin.  Sure there are likely some of those, and yeah, they likely don't know much about bitcoin if they are holding shitcoins and thinking that there is some kind of good reason to do so.. beside pure gambling.


With most programs, there will be some mandatory components that need to be studied by all the students, and there will be some elective areas, and sure a student could probably choose to focus on cryptography kinds of studies within the elective component of their program.  Alternatively, a student could choose to minimize the amount of exposure to the cryptographic aspects of bitcoin and focus on non-cryptographic aspects of bitcoin (apart from whatever materials about cryptography are within the mandatory areas of the curriculum.


Just because people heard the word bitcoin does not mean that they know anything about it.  As I mentioned in my above response, if people actually knew what bitcoin is, they would actually get started buying it - especially if they have some discretionary income... but we have less than 1% world-wide adoption and perhaps even some folks who have started with bitcoin don't really know it, except that it has a "number go up" characteristic/feature.


It used to be that when people wanted to sound like they knew what they were talking about they would say that bitcoin is all about block chain, and that blockchain angle is what makes bitcoin important and valuable.  Blockchain is like a buzzword to make you look smart when you use it, similar to how crypto is sometimes used.  People try to avoid saying bitcoin because they will consider that they might look smarter if they say blockchain or maybe if they say crypto, instead.