Is the increasing interest of academic institutions to provide education about cryptocurrencies good for the industry? Source
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Is the increasing interest of academic institutions to provide education about cryptocurrencies good for the industry? Source
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I think it is good, I wonder though how it is done. But the more people learning about crypto, the better :)
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I also share the same idea, but I am thinking of possible setbacks if such a task will fall into the hands of a theoretician without firsthand experience.
It depends on who is providing the crypto education. If it's being offered at a traditional "institution of higher learning" and offered as a course with credits (even as an elective), I would pass on it; it shouldn't take an entire semester to learn all you need to learn.
If it's being offered as a training program separate and apart from the college or university, it's worth considering. The teacher or instructor also needs to be someone who started with nothing or nearly nothing, succeeded, taught others how to succeed, and then did that repeatedly.
While it's true we can use open source educational resources to learn for free, sometimes concepts we need to learn remain fuzzy for us. This is when we need the structure of a classroom environment (even without the classroom itself).
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Nice thoughts!
I think it can be. One issue I see is that the academy usually has a hard time keeping up with current technology.
I remember when I was in university I had a class that was about technologies to monitor and control industrial processes and most of the things that I learned in that class were outdated and not actually used by industries any longer.
Crypto is an early-stage, fast-paced industry so it's bound to a lot of change in short periods of time so I don't know how relevant the classes would be beyond the basic concepts of crypto.
But still, it can be a good way to promote awarness
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I am also thinking how about if that academic institution is funded by the government and its real agenda isn't about education but about control and regulation?
Yes, that can happen.
I went to a government-funded university and fortunately, it had a high level of autonomy and the faculty was willing to challenge the government whenever they felt it was necessary but I know that is not always the case
But what you said can be true even for private institutions. They also have their own agenda.
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