Crypto literacy and blockchain. Module 1

Key crypto literacy terms: blockchain, bitcoin, mining, Ethereum. Types of cryptocurrencies, tokens, and smart contracts

Experts: Robert Dowling, Oleksii Kovalov, Yevhenii Saienko, +16

Bitcoin is falling and rising, banks want to ride the blockchain, and crypto exchanges are failing — what's going on? Learn about cryptocurrencies and blockchain from scratch by watching this educational series.

 

This is the first of four modules in a series on crypto literacy. In this module, we'll start with the basics — how Bitcoin came to be and how it was created. Master all the basic concepts and tools. Learn what a seed phrase is, understand how blockchain transactions work, and learn how to distinguish between altcoins, stablecoins, tokens, and coins.

 

Join in!

 

The project was initiated by the Ministry of Digital Transformation with the support of WhiteBIT, a European crypto exchange with Ukrainian roots, the Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web, and the Atlantis.World social meta-universe. Other contributors to the course included the Aragon blockchain project, the Zapper.xyz app, the Safe platform, the Optimism Foundation, and zkSync.

 

Media partners: MetaMask Learn, Kyiv Ethereum Community, Cyberpolice of Ukraine, Ukraine DAO, Gagarin News, and 482.solutions.

Format:
Education series
EKTS:
0.6
Languages:
Ukrainian, English
Topic:
Cryptocurrency
For:
for young people, for crypto experts, for adults

Skills:

Basic analysis of transactions in the Ethereum blockchain
Use of the basics of blockchain transactions

Invited experts

Robert Dowling
Program Manager, Orbit at Filecoin Foundation
Oleksii Kovalov
Vice President of WhiteBIT, the biggest European cryptocurrency exchange
Yevhenii Saienko
Chief Technology Officer of WhiteBIT, the biggest European cryptocurrency exchange
CJ Hetherington
Co-Founder, Atlantis World