Bitcoin Beginner Course - Johannesburg

Tue Jul 5, 09:00 - Tue Jul 5, 14:30

Bandwidth Barn

ABOUT

There is a lot of excitement lately on the opportunities that bitcoin as a digital currency and its underlying technology, the blockchain offers. From trading, mining or using the technology to streamline existing systems and processes, the opportunities most defnitely exist.

The Bitcoin Beginner course is for individuals who are new to digital currencies and blockchain technology. The course covers the basics of money, bitcoin and the blockchain, how to use bitcoin: buy and sell bitcoin; send and receive bitcoin; and how to store bitcoin in a wallet, bitcoin and wallet security, compliance and regulation and highlights the future of this space as well as the companies and institutions globally and locally that are currently using this technology.

Modules that will be covered are:

Module 1 - Introduction
  • History of Bitcoin
  • Digital currencies explained
  • Money and currency
Module 2 - The Blockchain                       
  • Side chains
  • Permissioned and Permissionless Blockchains
  • What is Bitcoin mining
  • How are transactions stored on the Blockchain
  • 101 of the Blockchain
Module 3 - Using Bitcoin
  • Bitcoin pricing and volatility                          
  • How to trade bitcoins on on-line exchanges
  • How to send and receive bitcoins
  • How to store bitcoins in a wallet
  • Where and how to get bitcoins                                                    
Module 4 - Bitcoin Security                            
  • Backing up and restoring wallets                                             
  • Security measures such as multi-signature transactions
  • Security issues and the pseudo-anonymity of Bitcoin
Module 5 - Bitcoin Compliance, Regulation and Tax                   
  • Money laundering and fraud
  • Bitcoin compliance
  • Regulation globally and in South Africa
Module 6 - The Future of Bitcoin                                                       
  • Alternatives to Bitcoin and the Blockchain   
  • The value of Bitcoin and the Blockchain as a technology
  • Digital currencies and innovation
  • Digital currencies and financial institutions
  • Bitcoin for remittances in emerging economies