Learn about the value, use, and meaning of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- The continuing appeal of cryptocurrencies
- What is bitcoin?
- How bitcoin creates an unchangeable ledger
- Bitcoin vs. traditional money
- Bitcoin’s energy problem
- Challenge: Chapter one
- Creating a cryptocurrency wallet
- Buying and selling cryptocurrency
- Sending and receiving cryptocurrency
- Investing in cryptocurrency
- Protecting your cryptocurrency
- Challenge: Chapter two
- Bitcoin's place among cryptocurrencies
- Ways that cryptocurrencies stay secure
- Running programs on a cryptocurrency’s blockchain
- NFTs and other cryptocurrency tokens
- Earning from bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies
- Challenge: Chapter three
- Tracking bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies
- Examining problems with bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies
- Connecting to cryptocurrency sources and communities
- Challenge: Chapter four
- Next steps and additional resources
Taught by
Tom Geller
