Russian payment company QIWI teamed up with Russian university laboratories to launch blockchain lectures

Russian payment company QIWI will launch a series of blockchain lectures in collaboration with the Higher School of Economics Lab (HSE.Lab) of the Russian Higher School of Economics. The course is called "Distributed Technology Prospects" and aims to help the Russian government better understand the underlying technology of Bitcoin and its potential. The course is free.

叶夫根尼·亚辛, former Russian Minister of Economy, is a famous academic mentor of the Higher School of Economics, and亚历山大·绍钦, former Deputy Chairman of the Russian Government, also graduated from this school.

Not long ago, QIWI revealed to the media that it was developing a virtual currency similar to Bitcoin, Bitrouble, but it was strongly opposed by Russian Financial Inspector帕维尔·梅德韦杰夫, who said it violated national laws. Although Russia generally opposes the implementation of digital currency, it has been recognized by Russian President普京, who acknowledged that digital currencies like Bitcoin can be used as a unit of account. The cooperation between QIWI and HSE Laboratory further demonstrates the company's determination to promote its digital currency plan.

HSE Lab is a prototype technology research and development center located at the National Research University of Economics (HSE). Founded in 1992, HSE has become one of Russia's top universities, offering majors in economics, social sciences, mathematics, and computer science. Interestingly, the university's president,雅罗斯拉夫·库兹密尼诺夫, is the husband of埃尔维拉·纳比乌琳娜, the governor of the Central Bank of Russia, who recently said that the idea of ​​using blockchain technology to improve payment systems or data storage systems is something to consider.

Lecture Hall

The course “Perspectives of Distributed Technologies” will be held in the new incubator space in southwestern Moscow every Wednesday: October 21 and 28, November 4 and 11.

Students will learn how to build products and applications using blockchain technology, and learn the differences between digital currencies such as Bitcoin and Dash, Future Coin, and Ethereum from experts and developers in the blockchain field.

According to Coinfox, about 40 students attended the lecture on the basic concepts of digital currency on October 21 and began to familiarize themselves with the concept of digital currency.

“亚历山大夫·马科夫, an expert in the field of blockchain, showed students how to create a wallet and how blockchain works. The course is aimed at professional computer technology programmers.”

The second blockchain lecture will be held on October 28, but this time the topic will not be Bitcoin, but Dash. Students will learn more about Dash's enhanced privacy protection features, how to use it, and how it differs from the Bitcoin blockchain.

Original article: http://cointelegraph.com/news/115465/bitrubles-qiwi-moscow-high-school-of-economics-launch-blockchain-master-classes
By Erin Lace
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