This course will introduce fundamental concepts and a high-level overview of the burgeoning blockchain and cryptocurrency space. The course will begin by providing a background in fundamental concepts in Computer Science such as in cryptography, distributed systems, and data structures. It will then move on to an in-depth overview of blockchain, the history of Bitcoin and the proliferation of new consensus models, ICOs, smart contracts, and more.  Industry guest speakers will share their perspectives.

No prior knowledge will be required to take this course.

Gur Huberman

Robert G. Kirby Professor of Behavioral Finance

Gur Huberman is the Robert G. Kirby Professor of Behavioral Finance at Columbia Business School where he has taught since 1989. Prior to that, he taught at Tel Aviv University and at the University of Chicago. Between 1993 and 1995 he was Vice President at JP Morgan Investment Management responsible for research on quantitative equity trading. In that capacity, he also helped develop tax aware strategies for...

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Omid Malekan

Associate in Business

Omid Malekan is the author of The Story of the Blockchain, A Beginner's Guide to the Technology That Nobody Understands. He works as a consultant to startups as well as Fortune 100 companies, helping the former design their blockchain solutions and the latter adopt it. He has been involved in the crypto industry as a writer, consultant and educator for the past...

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