Cryptocurrency Primer Course - 1st approved Cryptocurrency Course in Singapore

Cryptocurrency Primer Course - 1st approved Cryptocurrency Course in Singapore

By Institute of Blockchain® Ltd

Date and time

Tue, 10 Oct 2017 01:00 - 01:00 GMT+8

Location

Singapore

Singapore, 187967 Singapore

Refund Policy

Contact the organiser to request a refund.

Description

Cryptocurrency Primer introduce participants the basic concepts of Cryptocurrency and it is the 1st cryptocurrency course in Singapore that is approved and supported by SkillsFuture Singapore & Workforce Singapore.

The course introduces basic concepts of cryptocurrency and involves facilitation methodology.

Participants will be taught a total of 10 main topics with 60 sub-topics.

Course Content:

PART A - THEORY
1. Introduction to Cryptocurrency
1.1 What is Currency
1.2 What is Cryptocurrency
1.3 Why Cryptocurrency?
1.4 The Trend
1.5 History of Bitcoin & Ethereum


2. Blockchain & Ledgers
2.1 Blockchain
2.2 Ledgers & Smart Contracts
2.3 Blockchain Explorers
2.4 Singapore’s Blockchain Initiatives
2.5 Blockchain Start-ups
2.6 Blockchain Business Applications


3. Basic Cryptography
3.1 Key Terms
3.2 Hash Function
3.3 Fork
3.4 Multi-Signature


4. Cryptocurrency Fundamentals
4.1 What is Bitcoin
4.2 What is Ethereum
4.3 The Ecosystem
4.4 Cryptocurrency Value
4.5 Transactions
4.6 Denomination


5. Mining & Faucet
5.1 What is Mining?
5.2 Why Mining?
5.3 Mining Algorithms
5.4 Proof Type
5.5 Mining Hardware
5.6 Mining Software
5.7 Cloud Mining
5.8 Mining Pool
5.9 Mining Farm
5.10 What is Faucet?


6. Exchanges & Wallets
6.1 Exchanges
6.2 Buy/Sell in Exchange
6.3 Types of Wallets
6.4 Cold & Hardware Wallets
6.5 Wallet Address
6.6 Name Service
6.7 Payment Processor


7. Investing & Trading
7.1 Investing or Trading?
7.2 Chart Basics
7.3 Chart Settings
7.4 Volume
7.5 Chart Reading
7.6 ICO – Initial Coin Offering
7.7 Why ICO?
7.8 ICO Breakdown
7.9 Getting Started in ICO
7.10 Other Tips


8. Risk Management
8.1 Common Pitfalls
8.2 Risks Mitigation


9. Commerce & Community
9.1 Merchants
9.2 News & Media
9.3 Developer Network
9.4 Conferences
9.5 Books


10. The Future of Cryptocurrency
10.1 Differing Views
10.2 The Crypto Fight
10.3 The Way Forward


PART B - DEMO/HANDS ON

  • Creating cryptocurrency wallet

  • Making Cryptocurrency transfer

  • Creating exchange account.Making exchange-to-exchange transfer

  • Making a trade.

  • End of Course Mini-Quiz/Contest

  • Checking-Out

  • End of Course Survey


Course details:

Couse attendance check-in will start at 8.45am.

Course intake: 30 to 50

Equipment: Participants are encouraged to bring minimally a smartphone or tablet as there will be hands-on in creating your first cryptocurrency wallet and trading account. As well as participating in our end of course mini-quiz.

F&B: Teabreaks and lunch buffet will be served.

Venue: Course venue will be emailed to participants or updated here 1 -2 weeks before the course.


Funding

All Singapore citizens aged 25 and above can utilize their SkillsFuture Credit to pay for a wide range of approved skills-related courses.

This course is approved by SkillsFuture Singapore and is eligible and claimable using SkillsFuture Credit.

For SkillsFuture online claim: Please proceed to http://www.skillsfuture.sg/credit to do your claim.

For SkillsFuture manual claim: Please proceed to branches of either https://e2i.com.sg/locations/ (NTUC e2i Centres) or http://www.wsg.gov.sg/career-services.html (WSG Career Connect to get the claim form.

Refer to http://resx.co/downloads/SF.pdf for step-by-step SF claim instructions.
Refer to http://www.skillsfuture.sg/ for more information.


Course Cancellation/Withdrawal/Transfer Policy

Cancellation or Withdrawal for a course enrolment must be made at least 3 working days before the course commencement date. A full refund will be initiated.

In the event of cancellation which is less than 3 working days, 70% of the course fees will be refunded (less a 30% administrative fee of total course fee).

No refund will be given for cancellation received less than 1 day prior to the course commencement date.

Course transfer to another date must be made at least 3 working days before the course commencement date, no additional fees is required.

Ongoing Promotion:

A - Mini Quiz/Contest

1st Place: $50 worth of Bitcoin or Ethereum at winner's choice, transfer to his/her wallet.

2nd Place: $30 worth of Bitcoin or Ethereum at winner's choice, transfer to his/her wallet.

3rd to 5th Place: 1 x Ether Card with unique wallet address, QR code & Private Key.

May the best Crypto Scholar win!


B - Discounts

Resx has partnered with a local 3rd party retailer of hardware wallets.

Course participants enjoy up to $10 off by redeeming our promo code for purchase of a hardware wallet thru the retailer.

Friends of course participants will receive $20 off the course fees thu a promo code given to course participants.


C - Freebies

Course participants will have access to a shared dropbox after the course with $100+ worth of ebooks and useful files related to cryptocurrency.


D - Affiliate Programme


Course participants will receive $18 cash for every friend they refer to future course runs. Referral promo code to be given during course.


Course Support: For enquiries, please write to Q@resx.co or call +65 67177722 during office hours.
Participants will also enjoy lifetime Telegram support.

Disclaimer: The organiser reserve the right to cancel the event or change the date, time and venue or amend the course content and promotions anytime they seem fit. In the event of cancellation, a full refund will be initiated or if there are changes to event details, participants will be notified via email.

Organised by

Institute of Blockchain® Ltd (IBS), UEN 201901394N was founded on Jan 2018 and based in Singapore.We are an academia and a social enterprise with the primary focus on advancement & delivering blockchain education, certification and blockchain research. Til date, IBS has trained more than 2000 learners intentionally across Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, China, Germany UK, USA, UAE.The Institute is a SkillsFuture Singapore’s, NTUC e2i’s and People’s Association approved Training Organisation, a registered Singapore Government’s Gebiz supplier and graduated startup from the inaugural Alibaba Cloud-SUSS Entrepreneurship Programme. IBS is a member of ISO/TC 307 Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies, Government Blockchain Association (GBA), Global Blockchain Business Council, ACE Startups, World Blockchain Association and IEEE Blockchain Community.We also joined the NVPC’s Company of Good and is a registered social enterprise member under raiSE.sg. Our strategic partners are SUSS, Edufied, IBM Academic Initiative, DIFY, Justicius Law Corporation & CryptoProfile. Our past corporate clients include Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Singapore Customs Academy, Singapore Institute of Retail Studies, Singapore Polytechnic Graduates Guild, Merkle Science & Singapore Polytechnic Guild House.

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