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Quick Facts
| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study, Virtual Classroom | Video and Text Based |
Course Overview
Bitcoin was the best-performing financial asset over the previous decade, outperforming equities, bonds, and even commercial property. Cryptocurrencies like Ethereum, Bitcoin, MIT-developed Vault have arisen as a financial asset with tremendous gains. The Cryptocurrency online course aids in the advancement of information about the limitations and capabilities of cryptocurrency, and how it operates well within an economic context.
To handle volatility, it is important to deconstruct cryptocurrency's genuine capacities and economic repercussions. Using a holistic approach, the Cryptocurrency training investigates cryptocurrencies concerning traditional finance and gets insight into just how financial institutions, start-ups, central banks, and big tech are responding to their development.
Candidates will learn how to objectively and analytically assess the feasibility of crypto projects, as well as recognize the challenges and opportunities associated with the evolvement of money, with the help of the blockchain and digital currency initiative of MIT Media Lab, and crypto technical experts, financial institutions, economists and digital entrepreneurs. The Cryptocurrency syllabus teaches about blockchain technology and the larger context in which virtual currencies operate. By the end of the training, students will have acquired the critical thinking abilities required to assess the feasibility of any crypto project.
The Highlights
- 7-10 hours per week
- Shareable certificate
- Downloadable resources
- Projects and assessments
- MIT offering
- Split option of payment
- 6 weeks duration
- Online learning
- Course provider Getsmarter
- Self-paced learning
Programme Offerings
- Infographics
- quizzes
- video lectures
- Case Studies
- Offline resources
- online learning
- Self-paced learning
- Live polls
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|
| yes | MIT School of Architecture and Planning, Cambridge |
Fee type | Fee amount in INR |
Cryptocurrency fees | Rs. 123,264 |
Eligibility Criteria
Certification Qualifying Details
To qualify for the Cryptocurrency certification from MIT, Candidates must complete the learning modules included in the online course and submit all the assignments and projects. Candidates will have to participate in the classroom formative activities such as live polls, quizzes, surveys, case studies, and more. A series of submitted assignments, projects, and class activities are used to assess students. Candidates will have to meet all the requirements written in the coursebook to qualify for certification.
What you will learn
After completing the Cryptocurrency online training from MIT, Candidates will get an understanding of bitcoin, its limitations, capabilities, and how it operates in the economic context. Candidates will gain the ability to evaluate a bitcoin project comprehensively by knowing cryptocurrencies in their larger context and build the capacity to assess cryptocurrency's economic consequences. Candidates will learn about the evolution of money, as well as how blockchain and bitcoin technologies work to move value across the internet by getting an in-depth look at digital currencies, crypto exchanges and markets, decentralized apps (DApps), and smart contracts.
Who it is for
- Anybody looking for a functional understanding of the current cryptocurrency advancements as well as the capacity to analyze the sustainability of crypto projects
- Executives investigating complex operational demands, as well as financial analysts and software engineers seeking to gain a competitive edge inside their industry by learning how crypto is being used.
- Entrepreneurs and professionals from a variety of sectors looking for future development of new possibilities would benefit from a thorough grasp of cryptocurrencies and the ecosystem in which it works.
Admission Details
For admission in the Cryptocurrency online course by MIT, follow the steps mentioned below:
Step 1. Follow the program URL to visit the Cryptocurrency course page
Step 2. Locate the ‘Register Now’ button on the course page and click to proceed
Step 3. Agree to the program terms and conditions to continue
Step 4. Generate a profile on the provider portal by filling in personal details
Step 5. Fill out the billing and sponsor information.
Step 6. Pay the course fee and start the course on the scheduled date
The Syllabus
- Discuss the importance and implications of securely moving value digitally without the need for a central intermediary, while preventing double-spending
- Define money as an economic and social construct
- Explain the potential of moving value digitally post-Bitcoin
- Demonstrate how the key components of blockchain technology form a tamper-resistant, decentralized, public ledger
- Identify the basic key components of blockchain technology: distributed consensus, append-only logs, and two cryptographic primitives, hash functions, and digital signatures
- Describe decentralized applications (DApps) and their characteristics
- Define what a smart contract is and how it provides the ability to automatically execute programs that can transfer digital assets with property rights
- Assess the regulation of ICOs within securities laws
- Investigate the efficacy of ICOs as a form of crowdfunding for cryptocurrency projects
- Articulate the various ways a user can obtain and sell cryptocurrencies, and the various types of exchanges and services available to them
- Identify the key differences between crypto markets and traditional trading markets
- Identify the unique challenges with custody of private keys
- Analyze the positioning of cryptocurrency markets within existing public policy and regulatory frameworks
- Apply existing public policy frameworks to a particular cryptocurrency project
- Research the specifics of how blockchain technology can lower verification and networking costs
- Discuss how the economics of money applies to cryptocurrencies
- Explain the distinction and economics of centralization versus decentralization
- Differentiate between hype and reality in the field of crypto projects
- Identify what characteristics of a crypto use case might lead to viability and value creation from using multi-party consensus and append-only logs
- Determine how Bitcoin and other payment tokens are changing the landscape for value transfer both domestically and internationally
- Develop critical reasoning skills to determine when a payment, platform, or DApp token is needed and useful
- Assess the competitive landscape of Ethereum and other smart contract platform tokens, and how they provide a mechanism for decentralized applications
- Identify the differences between permissioned and permissionless blockchains, and why large institutions are tending toward permissioned or private blockchains
- Recognize cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology’s role as a catalyst for change for some of the world’s largest institutions in finance, technology, and central banking
- Investigate how Big Finance and Big Tech are adapting in response to the emergence of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology
- Analyze how CBDCs, inspired by cryptocurrencies, might fit into the evolution of money, and how central banks are considering their strategies around the opportunities and challenges
- Analyze the goals and functions of central banks and their roles with regard to fiat currency and commercial banks
- Discuss privacy, security, and other challenges in permitted and permissionless systems and the various potential solutions
- Recognize the scalability and performance issues regarding cryptocurrencies and possible Layer 2 solutions
- Investigate the idea of an Internet of Value developing on top of the internet as a new protocol layer
- Predict the implications and future trajectory of cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies
- Debate the importance of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology in commerce, sifting through the hype and ascertaining ground truths
Instructors
MIT School of Architecture and Planning, Cambridge Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
A cryptocurrency is a decentralized digital money that can be used to purchase goods and services.
Some examples of cryptocurrency are Bitcoin, ethereum, litecoin, etc.
The cryptocurrency course by MIT is best for beginners.
It takes 6 weeks at the rate of 7-10 hours to learn cryptocurrency.
With an innovative approach of teaching, MIT makes it easier for students to learn cryptocurrency.