Harvard University

overall introduction

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and among the most prestigious in the world.

description of blockchain / cryptocurrency courses & initiatives

Harvard offers the course “Breakthrough Innovation with Blockchain Technology”. This course explores blockchain technologies in combination with AI and other technologies in the transformation of business across several economic sectors including supply chain, fintech, healthcare, and energy. The course explores how the exchange of value between trading partners is being transformed. Students complete a project using blockchain and AI technologies to solve a problem and potentially disrupt an industry with a breakthrough innovation.

free / online blockchain & cryptocurrency courses

Harvard extension school offers the course Introduction to Blockchain and Bitcoin: A course that  covers the mathematical, computational, and economic foundations of blockchain, and exposes students to the societal and legal implications of a decentralized monetary system based on consensus.

The course’s main goal is to teach students what bitcoins are, why it is possible to make money using bitcoins, and why it is so volatile.