Course provided underserved students insights into the world of digital currency and blockchain
Underserved students from the city of Rochester with a strong interest in cryptocurrency and blockchain technology recently participated in an immersive, weeklong course at RIT to learn the latest about digital currency.
A mystery to many people, cryptocurrency is a type of currency that’s stored exclusively in a digital format—not issued or maintained by a central authority like a government or bank. It’s “issued with cryptography, distributed consensus mechanisms, and economic incentive alignment,” according to Jonathan S. Weissman, a senior lecturer in computing security in RIT’s Golisano College of Computing and Information Services and teacher of the class.
“Digital currency is interesting to me because it’s fun learning about how it was created and all aspects related to it,” said Teresa Spivey, a Rochester, N.Y., resident who participated in Weissman’s class inside Eastman Hall. “...
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