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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.

 

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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:

HARD: Basic analysis of transactions in the Ethereum blockchain, Use of the basics of blockchain transactions

Program

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Pilot episode

Bitcoin, blockchain, cryptocurrencies, metaverses… Does that sound like a magic spell to you? Did you always want to get clued up on crypto space, but it seemed too complicated? You are on the right track. Our crypto literacy course debunks these myths.
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Episode 1. A Brief History of Money. How Did Bitcoin Emerge?

Understanding how money evolved: From Cowrie shells to fiat, and towards computer technologies and cypherpunk ideologies.
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Episode 2. Emergence of Blockchain Technology

The Era of Internet Development: Differentiating Web 1 from Web 3. Blockchain Technology as the Foundation of the New World Wide Web Version.

Invited experts

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

Partners

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Filecoin Foundation FFWD

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Atlantis World

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Aragon

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Zapper

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Safe

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Optimism

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MetaMask Learn by MetaMask

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zkSync

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Kyiv Ethereum Community

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Cyber police of Ukraine

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Ukraine DAO

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Gagarin News

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482.solutions

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WhiteBIT

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