Russian-based Ural State Mining University together with Yekaterinburg blockchain association has announced a training course on ‘Blockchain, smart programming contracts’ that will be held on December 17 and 18, 2016, forklog reported.
The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the deep understanding and the scope of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. The course is open to specialists with higher and secondary vocational education and the training involves four sessions with two hours each (loosely translated).
The course content will cover topics including cryptocurrencies and its benefits and ways to use it, safety and storage of cryptocurrency, Ethereum platform, and Ether as a currency, programming cryptocurrency transactions and tokens, electronic transactions and its legal aspects, among others (loosely translated).
The government issued course is available online as well and costs 10000 rub. The participants get a certificate from the British company and a one-hour personal consultation teacher.
