Want to learn about cryptocurrency? Apply for the online Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies course offered by UC Berkeley’s Computer Science department. The University offers free online courses to motivate blockchain technologies and provides a broad and in-depth conceptualization of the crypto space, emphasizing Bitcoin. The course will cover the basic properties of Bitcoin, the mechanics behind it and its roots in the Cypherpunk movement and Libertarian ideals. You will be able to learn about practical applications of Bitcoin, including wallets and mining and how to destroy Bitcoin, including network attacks and mining strategies.
The duration of the short online course is six weeks; you can complete the course in six weeks if you invest 3 to 5 hours per week for this course. The best thing about this course is that it is self-paced; you can learn, enroll and start learning at any time. This course is open to anyone regardless of background; there is no restriction. Whether you are planning your career as a blockchain developer, crypto trader, data analyst, researcher, consultant, or just looking for introduction to Bitcoin technologies. This course will help the youth to develop the critical skills needed to future-proof their career. This free online course is part of the Blockchain Fundamentals Professional Certificate. Further details about this free course are provided below.
What you will learn from the Bitcoin and CryptoCurrencies course
- Introduction to the roots of Bitcoin in the Cypherpunk movement and Libertarian ideals.
- The technicalities including Bitcoin network, Bitcoin Script, cryptography and cryptographic hash functions, hash commitment schemes, and privacy.
- Real-world aspects of Bitcoin include wallets and wallet mechanics, mining, transactions, Bitcoin governance and the various methods one can interface with the network.
- The basic properties and intent of centralized/decentralized currency and an in-depth understanding of Bitcoin from the ground up to include identity, transactions, record keeping, and Consensus.
- Way and methods to destroy Bitcoin, including various network attacks.
- The properties behind the second-largest blockchain platform, Ethereum, including the Ethereum Virtual Machine and the idea of Turing completeness, the critical protocol differences between Bitcoin and Ethereum, the use cases of Ethereum.
