Students from all over the world are starting to choose universities that offer lectures on cryptography and cryptocurrency. Seeing the development of cryptocurrencies, students from all over the world are starting to choose universities that offer lectures on cryptography and cryptocurrency. The value of Bitcoin is rising. Students see the opportunities and prospects that have appeared and try to prepare themselves in university courses in order to be competitive in this field.
The famous Dan Bonet, co-director of the Stanford Computer Laboratory and professor of cryptography, noted that cryptography is one of the most popular subjects, only computer training is more popular than it. He also added: "Many people are attracted by the huge increase in the value of these currencies. Cryptocurrencies are a great way to teach cryptography. There are already a number of new cryptographic applications that did not exist before."
The rise in popularity of cryptocurrencies has been due to the rise of the most sensational currency - Bitcoin. It has undoubtedly become mainstream in the cryptocurrency space, but now there is a second wave of people who want to be more than just investors in a potentially revolutionary technology.
In 2015, Bonet began teaching a course on Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, and very quickly attracted more than a hundred students. He says more than a million people have signed up for his online cryptography class on Cousera. In Pittsburgh, on the Carnegie Mellon computer school campus, Vipul Goyal uses Bonet's interactive online textbook to teach a class called “Special Topics of Cryptoraphy.” Teaching of this subject began only this year. More than 20 students, mostly PhD candidates, attend these courses, which mainly focus on information about cryptocurrencies and Blockchain.
The trend isn't limited to just two institutions, however: UC Berkeley launched a class last year called Cryptocurrency Decal, and the MIT Media Lab opened a cryptocurrency department in 2015.
Bitcoin, its underlying Blockchain technology and the theory behind it all, cryptography, are big business, as there is already evidence of a growing job market for related disciplines. And this explains why university students want to become part of this developing technology, which just needs growth and human resources.
According to https://cointelegraph.com
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