World's First School to Issue Academic Certificates via Bitcoin Blockchain

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Quote from: Kakmakr on October 26, 2015, 12:51:04 AM

It is great to see the blockchain being used for other application now, and not just the currency token. The validation of these certificates on the blockchain would help with fraudulent CV's being submitted for job openings.
It gives other potential applicants with valid qualifications a fair chance, to get the job.

I am very impressed with this news and very proud of this school to initiate such a program with a valid certification.

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Quote from: 7788bitcoin on October 26, 2015, 12:08:56 PM

I am not sure if there are any HR hiring managers who know how to use blockchain explorer...

I'm sure there will be an app for that Grin

If they can use browsers, Microsoft word and similar stuff, they will manage also one app.

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Quote from: avatar_kiyoshi on October 25, 2015, 11:58:18 PM

Holberton Software Engineering School announced it will become the first school to deliver academic certificates that are secured and accessible via Bitcoin’s blockchain. To this end, the school has collaborated with Bitcoin startup Bitproof that specializes in document certification on the blockchain.

The new blockchain-powered certificates should make it easier for employers to verify job candidates’ backgrounds and reduce the number of false resumes.

According to the information in Holberton school blog, each graduate will be given a paper certificate and a Digital Certificate Number (DCN). Graduates can include this number in their CV. Thus, the employer can easily verify this information just by checking this number in the blockchain explorer available online.

Quote from: Sylvain Kalache

The blockchain is the future of certification, and we believe that in the following years, more schools will use the public blockchain to secure their certificates and diplomas.

"It is much more efficient, secure, and simple than what you can find today in the industry,” Kalache continued. “We think first about our students – we want to make sure that our certificates will always remain valid and verifiable by employers. It will also keep them safe and impossible to copy or hack."

Full read:
http://cointelegraph.com/news/115453/worlds-first-school-to-issue-academic-certificates-via-bitcoin-blockchain

Hey, thanks for sharing!

My name is Hristian and I am leading the Open Source University ICO at www.os.university.

What Holberton are building for their students, we are building for the global learners' community.

Check out our project discussion at https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ann-open-source-university-pre-sale-ends-31-december-2393582.

I will be happy to keep in touch.

Best,
Hristian

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This is very good and great example of blockchain technology wide use.
It needs to be spread in whole network. I like it Grin

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Wow, thats pretty cool. It actually looks like a publicity stunt though, which is a bit disappointing. I wonder if they even know what they're doing.

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Wow thats a nice idea.. Wished i could have a college like that i my country too.

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Blockchain technology is future. Waiting such a good news same as with this.

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Very good. The good is being spread in an another new direction. Another unheard before application of peer to peer. The word is spreading. Someone (the most smart ones) hear and go to know. First for the curiosity, then because learn and understand the superiority of this technology. There will be to many others the fields in which it will applied. Slowly but with determined steps the peer to peer is going ahead to take its place in the world of technologies. More to see and more to come. Hope that the superiority of peer to peer helps bitcoin in having its deserved place in the world of currencies.

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Quote from: Blue_Tiger73 on November 01, 2015, 05:24:36 AM

Wow. It's nice to see Blockchain being used for other things than just currency. Helping out society from retards that put out false resumes. It is also nice to see that more people, including schools now, are getting into bitcoin. But I just have one question. How does this all actually work? The reason behind it seems good enough, but does it actually help catch the bad guys.

it would prove the certification for an individual is authentic from that organization. article says each student gets a "digital certificate number" which employers could check in a blockexplorer. bad guys or frauders can't replicate the universitys signature and know it's fake

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Quote from: Blue_Tiger73 on November 01, 2015, 05:24:36 AM

But I just have one question. How does this all actually work? The reason behind it seems good enough, but does it actually help catch the bad guys.

imagine the olden days where employers would have to read a CV. then look at what secondary/high school a person went to. search for that schools website, click the results page and then have to search by typing in the applicants name, date of birth and years attended..
then repeating all of that again for all of the schools the applicant went to

now..

imagine every school has a verified bitcoin address..
and so does the individual applicant.

the applicant simply shows his verified 'scholar' bitcoin address
and the employer with just one address can see all the 'bits' sent to it from the different schools

and if there are head hunters wanting only applicants from MIT. they can search MIT's address to see all the certificates

... well thats how i presume it could work

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Interesting idea.
Let's see how this picks up from other institutions as well.

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Wow. It's nice to see Blockchain being used for other things than just currency. Helping out society from retards that put out false resumes. It is also nice to see that more people, including schools now, are getting into bitcoin. But I just have one question. How does this all actually work? The reason behind it seems good enough, but does it actually help catch the bad guys.

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Quote from: QuestionAuthority on October 26, 2015, 09:20:10 AM

Why couldn't I just pay to upload my forged certificate?

I guess you wouldn't be personally uploading a certificate. The authorized body e.g. university uploads the certificate from a known address associated to the university.

This way, you don't need to think about your certificate ever again, you can just link to the blockchain where it is safely stored forever. Also potentially makes searching your skills or making a CV overview very easy if they make the system searchable for your specific certificates.

Is that how they're doing it? I was wondering how a certificate could be secure considering the whole world can upload anything they want to the blockchain.

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Quote from: QuestionAuthority on October 26, 2015, 09:20:10 AM

Why couldn't I just pay to upload my forged certificate?

I guess you wouldn't be personally uploading a certificate. The authorized body e.g. university uploads the certificate from a known address associated to the university.

This way, you don't need to think about your certificate ever again, you can just link to the blockchain where it is safely stored forever. Also potentially makes searching your skills or making a CV overview very easy if they make the system searchable for your specific certificates.

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My old school certificates are a bit crumpled up after years stuffed into a cupboard. I'd want new ones if I needed to show them to someone, and if I had the option I'd prefer to show them a blockchain secured digital certificate. Paper certificates are too easily damaged, he blockchain ones are more durable.

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If it shows to be useful then more schools/universities should do the same. Its always great to see blockchain uses in unique ways such as this one.

franky1

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is the an actual demo of this..
like has the school actually demonstrated this by ptting a certificate on the blockchain..

.. or is this still theoretical

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Quote from: 7788bitcoin on October 26, 2015, 12:08:56 PM

I am not sure if there are any HR hiring managers who know how to use blockchain explorer...

Well they better start learning Cheesy

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Whenb I first heard of storing other things (not Bitcoin) in the blockchain, I thought it made no sense. Sounded me like using a screwdriver as a hammer to drive a nail. However it is beginning to make sense when I see news like that. I hope this furthers the usage and adoption of Bitcoin too.

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This is a good new because more people will be aware of Bitcoin and the academic certificates fraud will surely decrease.

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