University of Nicosia Offering a Free Introductory Digital Currency Course
The University of Nicosia made history by becoming the first educational institution to offer bitcoin tuition payment. Now, the University is offering an Introduction to Digital Currencies course, for free. For those interested in this MOOC (Massive Open Online Course), the only real pre-requisite is that you speak English proficiently. Aside from the fact that the University's instructors will be leading the course, Andreas Antonopoulos and Antonis Polemitis will serve as course lecturers. Mr. Antonopoulos' book, Mastering Bitcoin, is listed as required reading for the course. "I am....
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The University of Nicosia became the first university in the world to accept Bitcoin in November. The University has also offered a free MOOC "Introduction to Digital Curriencies." Now the university is offering a nine course MSc in Digital Curriencies. The courses for this degree will be offered on-campus and online in English which you can pay for all in Bitcoin and get 5% off. The program is "designed to help financial services and business professionals, entrepreneurs, government officials and public administrators better understand the technical underpinnings of digital currency, how....
Cyprus' University of Nicosia announced today it has opened a six week, free and open enrolment online course called 'Introduction to Digital Currencies', aimed at anyone wishing to gain a greater understanding of the fundamentals of bitcoin and digital currency in general. The MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) is due to start on 15th May, with other sessions starting each month thereafter (based on demand), plus accelerated formats for the fast-learning and time-poor. The only prerequisite for enrolment in the MOOC is enough proficiency in English to understand the instruction, which will....
PRESS RELEASE. The partnership aims to support, promote, and inspire female leads in the blockchain space, offering annual endowed studentships to the University of Nicosia’s leading MSc in Blockchain and Digital Currency.
NICOSIA, CYPRUS— December 2021. The Institute For the Future (IFF) – University of Nicosia (UNIC) and the Internet of Services Foundation (IOST) are delighted to announce a scholarship programme to empower Women in Blockchain, through which an annual cohort of talented, and motivated candidates will have the opportunity to pursue the....