Topic: [2015-11-05] Cryptocurrencies: what to study until there's a bachelor of bitcoin (Read 392 times)
November 05, 2015, 12:14:56 AM
While there is no course to get a bachelors in, many universitis have already started having courses related to bitcoin, specially the economic aspects of it. Some even hav e courses reelated to blockchains and coding.
November 04, 2015, 11:25:55 PM
Joel Emery's passion is cryptocurrencies, IT and tax law. It's dense stuff, but despite a recent senate inquiry, legal treatment of new financial technologies is in its infancy so Emery's Bachelor of Laws honours thesis at ANU is in some ways ahead of the regulators.
Bitcoin emerged in 2008 as the first decentralised cryptocurrency, a form of cash that uses encrypted records to validate transactions and generate more bitcoin and, although crypto-currencies get a bad rap at times, the industry is estimated to already be worth more than $14 billion.
Every day, ordinary people walk out of the house without a cent, yet buy coffee, lunch and dinner using a digital wallet, and cryptocurrency is accepted as payment by the likes of Dell and Microsoft.
http://www.smh.com.au/national/tertiary-education/cryptocurrencies-what-to-study-until-theres-a-bachelor-of-bitcoin-20151104-gkqlg3.html
Bitcoin emerged in 2008 as the first decentralised cryptocurrency, a form of cash that uses encrypted records to validate transactions and generate more bitcoin and, although crypto-currencies get a bad rap at times, the industry is estimated to already be worth more than $14 billion.
Every day, ordinary people walk out of the house without a cent, yet buy coffee, lunch and dinner using a digital wallet, and cryptocurrency is accepted as payment by the likes of Dell and Microsoft.
http://www.smh.com.au/national/tertiary-education/cryptocurrencies-what-to-study-until-theres-a-bachelor-of-bitcoin-20151104-gkqlg3.html
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