University of London blockchain Centre

With all walks of life have begun to enter the blockchain instry, blockchain has undoubtedly become the world's largest wind in 2018. Since 2014, more than a dozen top universities in Europe and America, including MIT, Stanford University and Princeton University, have successively opened blockchain courses

now, it is no longer limited to the teaching of blockchain technology, and some people are ready to challenge the traditional ecation mode with blockchain technology. According to the times of higher ecation, a group of scholars from Oxford University announced that they would establish the world's first blockchain University, Woolf University

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Course Platform demo according to the official website of Woolf University

actively promote the block chain credit certification

"hope the degree certificate will be widely recognized in the future"

however, there are no doubt many problems to be solved when applying an emerging technology to a new concept. Professor Michael sharens, a professor at the Open University of the UK, said that although the founding of Woolf university is a subversive force in the field of ecation, how to ensure high standards of teaching is a big problem. Although blockchain can ensure the teaching interaction between teachers and students, it can not guarantee the quality of teaching

in this regard, Dr. blocky told the media that the key to the quality of ecation is not whether there is a physical campus, but the ability of teachers. Of course, the school will also have relevant teaching quality supervision measures. First of all, only scholars with real doctoral degrees can join the platform as teachers, and they must upload certificates for verification

secondly, the top five colleges of the university will be composed of scholars with doctoral degrees from world-class universities. After the establishment of five high-quality colleges, Woolf will be open to other scholars one after another

in addition, a ranking system was established among colleges according to the number of teaching and the average score of students. Finally, the university will set up a review system for academic fraud and cheating, which will be regularly reviewed by the dean of the college

then, in addition to ensuring the quality of teaching, how can the academic records of blockchain obtain formal academic recognition

Dr. brocky said that blockchain can help the credit certification process, because the information records it provides are highly accurate and completely reliable. The European Commission has recently published a report on blockchain in ecation, but it will take some time to complete this process

before obtaining official permission, blockchain records will be temporarily used as a part of the application process. For the degree certification of early-stage students, the university will cooperate with existing universities and still use the traditional way to certify credits. In addition, at the initial stage of its establishment, the university will invite ecational institutions such as Oxford college to join the platform and make full use of their existing degree certification mechanism. At the same time, the University of Virginia Woolf has begun to actively seek ecation certification in the European Union and the United States, hoping that in the next 10 years, the degree certificate of Virginia Woolf University will be widely recognized

Dr. blocky said that Woolf university is the future ecation model, which combines online and offline ecation, and connects the world's outstanding students and teachers by building a global talent network“ I hope this model can improve the overall quality of ecation and provide a new way for students to acquire knowledge and achieve success, no matter where they are

Load the coin and go overseas! Over the past few months, this seems to be the most popular topic among the smart minds in the currency circle

indeed, after the relevant ban, the innovators of the currency circle began to participate in the research of "currency" trading and "agent investment and private placement" and other hedging means, and made great achievements. However, this has not restrained the pace of many exchanges and money circle tycoons moving overseas, and the Machiya houses in Kyoto, Japan, and the cryptocurrency company registration applications in Minsk (the capital of Belarus) have also gone up

as soon as anything gets hot, the cost of all aspects will increase. So more intelligent people began to focus on Africa, an ancient and mysterious land

people always believe what they want to believe, even ignore the facts. From the current point of view, Africa should have a long way to go from the title of "blockchain center". If you want to go gold panning, you must think twice

we analyze it from four aspects:

the concept of management department is rigid

Cape Town is the second largest city in South Africa, which is famous for its beautiful natural landscape and wharf

just recently, a "blockchain Research Institute" was quietly established in Cape Town. According to media reports, the blockchain research institute does not do academic research. Its main work is to provide training services related to blockchain technology to some local start-ups. According to its insiders, they not only provide training services, but also provide blockchain consulting services to enterprises

in addition, the blockchain Research Institute has also carried out close cooperation with local financial institutions, including the Bank of Africa, Standard Bank of South Africa, etc. Interestingly, some managers of these banks have received relevant training in the "blockchain Research Institute"

in fact, this blockchain Research Institute is a very common ecational institution, and it is profitable. Its teaching ability is questionable. More importantly, there is no university offering blockchain related courses on the African continent, and there is no corresponding supply of blockchain talents. The vast majority of the people still know little about blockchain

in developed countries, blockchain courses have been implemented in Colleges and universities. According to incomplete statistics, dozens of universities such as Princeton University, Tsinghua University, Stanford University, Copenhagen University, MIT, Imperial University of London, Cambridge University and New York University have offered blockchain courses

if ecation can't keep up with it and there is no large supply of talents, the construction of instry will be inadequate. For the road of blockchain in the African continent, talent is a top priority

worrying about infrastructure

when it comes to blockchain, mining is an inevitable topic. Mining requires a lot of power consumption. The S9 miner usually consumes 1350 watts of power ring operation, which is equivalent to exhausting the life of a hair dryer

according to a research result of an organization, the cost of mining in Africa is the lowest, and the average cost of digging out a bitcoin is $4626. The rest were South America (US $5456), Middle East (US $6249), Asia (US $6378) and Europe (US $6695)

does this mean that digital currency mining can be carried out on a large scale in Africa

The Research Report "people, power, planet" released by the African development group tells us the answer from the side: in Africa, one out of every three people has no electricity. According to the total population of Africa, about 621 million Africans have no electricity. According to its development trend, it will not be until 2080 for Africa to realize the power popularization of the whole continent. In terms of grid capacity, sub Saharan Africa is about 90 megawatts, which is even lower than South Korea, which has a fifth of its population

although the electricity price is cheap, the future of blockchain's large-scale implementation is unknown when the backward infrastructure has not completely rid the public of the problem of power shortage

content source: Phoenix Technology