IOT300 – Fundamentals of Cryptocurrencies – Bitcoin and Ether

A cryptocurrency is a digital asset designed using cryptography to work as a medium of exchange for a transaction. By now, you should have heard of Bitcoin, the first decentralized cryptocurrency that is widely in use today. And in addition to Bitcoin, there exist a number of alternative cryptocurrencies, one of which is known as Ether. Ether is a cryptocurrency like Bitcoin, except that it runs on its own network called Ethereum.

In this course, you will learn the fundamentals of cryptocurrencies and how to get started started in mining Bitcoin and Ether. 

Course comes with a mining rig!

Topics

What is a cryptocurrency?

How cryptocurrencies work?
  Blockchain
  Decentralization

Popular cryptocurrencies
  Bitcoin
  Ether

Advantages of cryptocurrencies

Buying and Storing Bitcoin and Ether
  Exchanges
  Wallets

Mining Cryptocurrencies
  Starting your own mine
  Cloud Mining

Building your own mining rig
  Hardware requirements

  Cost Estimations

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