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December 14, 2018 -- ADVFN Crypto NewsWire -- Public interest
in cryptocurrencies has historically followed the price movement of
Bitcoin. If Bitcoin goes way up or way down, many will track the
proportional movement of internet keyword searches for “Bitcoin.”
However, in the past two years, there has been major growth both in
opportunities for cryptocurrency and blockchain technology
employment, and for educational programs related to the
industry.
It has become a prevalent industry
problem that there is more development and marketing work regarding
these technologies than there are people available to fill the
positions. Because of this, major companies such as IBM have been
behind sponsorships and partnerships to develop these programs. A
new research center was created for Columbia University in
partnership with IBM, and other major global universities have
followed suite. For the Frankfurt School of Finance &
Management in Germany, they took one step further by developing
certificates for their course of study at Blockchain that are
awarded on their own blockchain based system of forgery-proof
certificates for its diplomas.
UCLA and
MouseBelt
The Mousebelt Blockchain
Accelerator program is establishing their first program in America
at the University of California Los Angeles. They are on a global
mission to help perpetuate the strong developer community that has
brought cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology this
far.
At MouseBelt Blockchain Accelerator
we believe that blockchain has the potential to change the world
and that by supporting students we can encourage growth and
innovation in the space… We are committed to enhancing the
developer community and see more real-world application projects
built. Funding this course is a perfect way to encourage students
to choose careers in blockchain and contribute their talents to the
industry.
Technical Blockchain
Programming
UCLA won’t be following suite of
many other universities that have started their blockchain
educational programs with courses that cover the applications in
the finance industry. The focus of their first blockchain course
will be Technical Blockchain Programming. This is a long term
approach to the young field of technology, as most believe that it
still has a long way to go to be able to achieve a working global
scale.
The university had offered
blockchain and cryptocurrency seminars before in partnership with
the Anderson School of Management, but this is the first official
course. It will be worth 4 credits and is lead by Professor John
Villasenor. He is is a professor of electrical and computer
engineering, management, and public policy, in addition to
instructing courses as a visiting professor of law.
The primary topics for the course
will include hash functions, public key cryptography, digital
signatures, proof of work, proof of stake, the Solidity programming
language, Ethereum, the Ethereum virtual machine, decentralized
applications, smart contracts, and tokens.
By: BGN Editorial Staff