Stanford University

overall introduction

Stanford University is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies 8,180 acres, among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is ranked among the best universities in the world by academic publications.

description of blockchain / cryptocurrency courses & initiatives

Stanford University offers the course Blockchain and cryptocurrency: what you need to know: A course which aims to teach you what blockchains and cryptocurrencies are, how they can be used, and where the future of technology is headed. This course is an overview of blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies.

Stanford also offers a course which is harder than the previous one, but covers the technical aspects of engineering secure software, system interactions with crypto-currencies, and distributed consensus for reliability.

Cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies.

Prerequisites for this course:

  • Principles of computer systems- CS110

  • Introduction to cryptography- CS255 (recommended)