- Texas A&M University will offer the “Bitcoin Protocol” course that will be part of the curriculum of the School of Engineering and the Mays School of Business.
- The course will cover Bitcoin Programming by Jimmy Song, bitcoin expert and open source coder; and students will build a Bitcoin library from scratch.
Cryptocurrencies, as well as the technology behind them, have been a phenomenon since their appearance at the hands of Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009. Above all, 2021 was a year of great boom for this type of digital money, since its maximum exponent , the Bitcoin, managed to touch the sky and reach the large sum of $60 thousand dollars.
Despite the fact that the following year (2022), it was the complete opposite of the bonanza of 2021, since the ecosystem was in a constant decline due to various factors, one of the most recent being the chaos generated by the bankruptcy of FTX , andhe issue of crypto assets is here to stay and has impacted various sectors of the lives of people and companies alike.
Because of this, some universities have taken the matter more seriously, to the point of analyzing this type of virtual money through courses taught in their classrooms.
This is the case of the university of Texas A&Ma house of studies of the American union that will count among his coursesone focused on Bitcoinwhich can be used by its more than 74 thousand students.
The announcement was made last Friday, January 13, by Associate Professor Korok Ray from the Mays School of Business at Texas A&M, who will be in charge of teaching the course “Bitcoin Protocol” to students in the College of Engineering and the Mays School of Business. It should be noted that the course will begin activities on January 17.
What will be taught in Bitcoin Protocol?
Regarding the study program, Professor Korok Ray Ray pointed out in his official Twitter account that the The course will follow the procedure for Bitcoin Programming, in addition to explaining to students how to build a Bitcoin library from scratch.
A relevant point about this course is that, according to the same professor, it was not an easy task to get the school’s relevant curriculum committee give his approval, since this was achieved after several “months” of hard work.
Learn about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in Mexico
Although in Mexico we are not yet so advanced in cryptocurrency or personal finance issues, some educational institutions have taken the first steps towards teaching these topics.
One of them isto National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), which offered the virtual course “Cryptocurrencies & Blockchain”, aimed at the general public, with the aim of offering a series of knowledge on the fundamentals and applications of this technology. The course was taught on September 1, 2021.
Likewise, On October 15, 2021, the same house of studies offered the Virtual Seminar entitled “BLOCKCHAINS: Security, privacy and transparency in the management of information”, with the aim of disseminating the advances of Computing in all its areas and in all its fields, as well as promoting both national and international academic collaboration in this area.
If you are interested in learning about this type of subject, here are some courses that you can access from Mexico:
Coursera
Coursera is a virtual education platform, focused on providing courses on various topics in different languages. The platform was developed by Stanford University and all its courses are intended for anyone interested, whatever their academic level.
This platform has a variety of courses about bitcoin, cryptocurrencies and block chains, which may be of interest to you.
Plazi
Platzi is a popular online Spanish education platform that has seen good growth in recent years. The platform makes use of videos and interactive lessons available in Spanish, English and Portuguese.
Some of its courses are design, programming, marketing, digital business, technological jobs, language learning, and personal development, among which you can also find courses on Bitcoin and blockchain for both beginners as for students more advanced.
udemy.com
Udemy is an online learning platform, whose courses are focused on professional adults. In this digital space you can also find a variety of courses focused on cryptocurrencies and to the chain of blocks.
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