[Coursera] Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies

There’s a lot of excitement about Bitcoin, but also a lot of confusion about what Bitcoin is and how it works. We’re offering this course focusing on the computer science behind Bitcoin to help cut through the hype and get to the core of what makes Bitcoin unique. To really understand what is special about Bitcoin, we need to understand how it works at a technical level. We’ll address the important questions about Bitcoin, such as: How does Bitcoin work? What makes Bitcoin different? How secure are your Bitcoins? How anonymous are Bitcoin users? What determines the price of Bitcoins? Can cryptocurrencies be regulated? What might the future hold? After this course, you’ll know everything you need to be able to separate fact from fiction when reading claims about Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. You’ll have the conceptual foundations you need to engineer secure software that interacts with the Bitcoin network. And you’ll be able to integrate ideas from Bitcoin in your own

关于比特币，人们普遍充满激情，但同时也对比特币的本质及其运作机制存在诸多困惑。本课程聚焦于比特币背后的计算机科学，旨在拨开迷雾，深入探究比特币的独特之处。要真正理解比特币的特别之处，我们必须从技术层面深入剖析其运作机制。我们将探讨关于比特币的重要问题，例如：比特币是如何运作的？比特币与其它货币有何不同？比特币的安全性如何？比特币用户的匿名度如何？什么因素决定了比特币的价格？加密货币是否可以监管？未来可能会有哪些发展趋势？完成本课程后，您将能够从事实与虚构中辨别比特币及其他加密货币的声明，您将具备构建与比特币网络交互的安全软件所需的概念基础，并能够将比特币的核心理念融入您的创新实践中。