The Web3 Foundation taps edX for free courses on blockchain and Polkadot
The first two out of the four-course series on blockchain and Polkadot will start on October 20, the enrollment is open now. The Web3 Foundation and the global online learning platform edX launch a series of foundational courses in blockchain technology and the Polkadot platform. The four-part series, called Web3x, will cover the fundamentals of blockchain and explore the Substrate software development kit and the Rust programming language. At the time of publication, the Web3x webpage contains only the first two courses: ‘Introduction to blockchain and Web3” and “Introduction to....
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