Will BTC be a major in college?

[EvaGC]

Not specifically BTC but cryptocurrencies in general. You think it will become a course of study / college degree at some point?

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[steadyrice]

It may definitely become a course in the near future, but I'm not sure if you could make a major out of it. And I'm speaking not about bitcoin here, also not about cryptocurrencies actually, but about the blockchain. A lot of institutions are trying to adapt the blockchain mentality, so maybe blockchains can become a major in the future.

[Psalms23]

Not specifically BTC but cryptocurrencies in general. You think it will become a course of study / college degree at some point?

I dont think this will be possible.  Cryptocurrencies are digital currencies, and so they just currencies like our fiat money right now.  If we didnt even have courses and explicit studies for the currencies in the world,  I dont think thered be any for cryptocurrencies as well.

[nick_nick]

Not specifically BTC but cryptocurrencies in general. You think it will become a course of study / college degree at some point?

I am very optimistic about colleges pursuing cryptocurrencies as a major in the near future. Due to the changing nature of the financial system, universities and colleges would be left with no option than to institutionalized and impact knowledge on crytocurrencies in order to meet demands of financial institutions, financial market and financial instruments.

[Janation]

Not specifically BTC but cryptocurrencies in general. You think it will become a course of study / college degree at some point?

I don't think crypto currency will ever be a major in colleges, all of the informations about it is accessible online so you don't need a teacher to teach it. Rather the crypto currency, why not the blockchain. It has a lot of ways to be developed and be used in a lot of other things that will be very useful in the near future.

[Rludd]

Not specifically BTC but cryptocurrencies in general. You think it will become a course of study / college degree at some point?

Maybe 20 years ago...

[Legoiniel]

I think it will someday in the future be presented in schools. Because this is not something little it is the future and a lot of people are already using it.

We need to teach them so our new generation can have more information about this subject.

[staceyoh]

Yes I think in the future it will become a major in college because as you can see it is getting more and more popular.

[cleygaux]

I dont think so cryptocurrency I think is under programming course maybe it will put under a subject from cryptography but not in one of the major subject like lets bitcoin 101?

[cryptolit]

Programming, blockchain, etc. yes. I think it's more on people to choose to write their thesis on it rather than it being a standalone major.

[Cloud27]

I think bitcoin will be categorized as a topic for a main subject of blockchain if it is taught in college. If bitcoin is taught in financial course it may become major subject and with other alternative coin with different objectives.

[subSTRATA]

It may definitely become a course in the near future, but I'm not sure if you could make a major out of it. And I'm speaking not about bitcoin here, also not about cryptocurrencies actually, but about the blockchain. A lot of institutions are trying to adapt the blockchain mentality, so maybe blockchains can become a major in the future.

im thinking along the same lines; if anything, blockchain technology could be developed into a major, but i think it's way too niche of a subject to be developed into an entire field of study. i could definitely see courses in blockchain technology being integrated into other majors, such as software engineering, but you cant build a field of study on the blockchain alone. could be a pretty good topic for a thesis though.

Not specifically BTC but cryptocurrencies in general. You think it will become a course of study / college degree at some point?

I don't think crypto currency will ever be a major in colleges, all of the informations about it is accessible online so you don't need a teacher to teach it. Rather the crypto currency, why not the blockchain. It has a lot of ways to be developed and be used in a lot of other things that will be very useful in the near future.

there's enough information out on the internet for me to get a bachelor's in just about every STEM degree out there too, but i dont exactly have 50 degrees now do i? hell i could teach myself enough information to get a couple degrees in a few years time. your argument is invalid.

Not specifically BTC but cryptocurrencies in general. You think it will become a course of study / college degree at some point?

I dont think this will be possible.  Cryptocurrencies are digital currencies, and so they just currencies like our fiat money right now.  If we didnt even have courses and explicit studies for the currencies in the world,  I dont think thered be any for cryptocurrencies as well.

of course you dont have studies on money itself, its not like we have a dollar and euro major at your local college or anything. however, there's plenty of economics degrees going around, where'd you get the idea that those didnt exist?

[Opquar]

Not specifically BTC but cryptocurrencies in general. You think it will become a course of study / college degree at some point?

No. It still lies within the field of Computer Science. You may probably major in it, but you will need programming know-how to study it in-depth.

[hualangktsld841]

I think temporary bitcoin will not appear in College courses. Unless it has affected most people's lives. Now the government is more exclusive than bitcoin, and the banking industry is more like bitcoin. Maybe a few years later, in the university computer counseling course, there will be some encrypted currency related introduction

[buwaytress]

I'm about to finish a semi-casual article on this question (or related to it, anyway). Bitcoin will likely never be a major - just as US dollar isn't a major of any degree I know of! But certainly, blockchain is already offered in some way in some higher-learning institutions, perhaps not "internationally recognised" as yet, and cryptocurrency is also very much on the horizon.

I'll give an example here: University of Nicosia already has an Msc in Digital Currency (Bitcoin and blockchain are a major part of the syllabus) and a MSc in Computer Science (majoring in blockchain). Not exactly a top 200 global university, but you could do a lot worse...

[Samarkand]

You can already get your Masters degree in Digital Currencies - even from the comfort of your own home (online courses)!

The degree is offered by the University of Nicosia:
https://digitalcurrency.unic.ac.cy/about-the-program/

You can find an overview of the offered topics here:
https://digitalcurrency.unic.ac.cy/about-the-program/semester-breakdown/

If you are still not sold on the degree, look at some of the people, who are involved as teachers:

It is taught by renowned Bitcoin experts Andreas Antonopoulos and Antonis Polemitis and includes 12 live online sessions.

[ghost424]

Bitcoin might be a subject in college but being a major in college is a little bit out of hand. I cannot see someone majoring in bitcoin unless they are really decided to work for it full time like others that are already earning well in the cryptocurrency world. It must be first legalized and then educate others on how to use bitcoin. They must also teach the advantages and disadvantages in bitcoin and let their laboratories be hands on in handling bitcoin.

[Vaskiy]

One user has given good explanation regarding the courses available related to digital currencies online. Maybe in future we can find lot of courses relating to blockchain technology, because everything is functional based on the particular technology and has got importance over each and every sector.

[BrewMaster]

as others mentioned there are online courses, in fact there are lots of them around that you can visit.
but also there are actual universities around the world that have actual courses on bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general. most of them in US but there are some in other countries too.

New York University (NYU) – USA
Duke University – USA
Princeton University – USA
Stanford University – USA
University of California-Berkeley – USA
Cyprus’ University of Nicosia – Cyprus
University of Cumbria – UK
IT University of Copenhagen – Denmark
Blockchain University – USA
B9 Lab Academy – UK

- source https://news.coinify.com/10-universities-blockchain-courses/

[greeklogos]

Not specifically BTC but cryptocurrencies in general. You think it will become a course of study / college degree at some point?

I doubt colleges will create a special course of study for crypto currencies. But I am sure that crypto should be joined to a course of economic theory of every place where it studied. People need to know about crypto currencies, even if some politics and economists do not admit it as money or have generally "fraud" opinion about it.