ConsenSys, a blockchain specialist firm, has announced the launch of the first cohort of its ConsenSys Academy Developer Program on August 1st, 2017.

The end-to-end blockchain training program will begin with Phase1 – an immersive online module that will kick off with a welcome video from Joseph Lubin, the co-founder of Ethereum and founder of ConsenSys. According to the official release, high performing students will be invited to Phase2 of the Program taking place in Dubai.

The Developer Program received more than 1,300 applicants from over 90 countries during its two-month application window. The applicants come from diverse backgrounds including data scientists, PhD students, and CEOs.

The selection process involved a coding test, as well as consideration of applicants' backgrounds and experience through their resumes and githubs. The competitive process narrowed down the pool of candidates to a carefully curated class of enrollees with an acceptance rate of ~10%.

In addition to the Ethereum coursework, ConsenSys said that students will be exposed to several unique topics like Low-level Lisp-like Language (LLL). LLL is growing in popularity, due to its low-level access to the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), and its demonstrated efficiency and much smaller compiled binary size which can result in significantly reduced cost on execution and deployment.

“The ConsenSys Academy will be including a section on LLL in its Ethereum Developer Course that goes into detail about these advantages. It will also familiarize students with LLL syntax and describe what it's like to write a contract in the language. The course content for LLL has been prepared by Daniel Ellison, the LLL Archaeologist, now part of the ConsenSys Team”, it said.

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