Namaste Yogis. Welcome to the Blockchain & AI Forum, where your blockchain and artificial intelligence technology questions are answered! Here no question is too mundane. As a bonus, a proverb is also included. Today’s question was submitted by Ying in Thailand, and she wants to know if she can learn blockchain technology in Malaysia.
Ying, you came to the right place. Your question shows you are aware that blockchain technology is spreading throughout the world. The answer is yes, you can learn blockchain technology in Malaysia. Let’s look at a Malaysian blockchain program and see what they offer. We begin with the program name.
The name is not particularly creative, but it gets the point across—The Malaysia Blockchain Academy. Simple and straight forward. Their physical presence is in their capital, Kuala Lumpur. A beautiful city, and worth a visit. I hope to be there later this year.
The academy offers seven on-line courses and one in-person. I’ll start by talking about the in-person course, named Certified Blockchain Technologist. According to the Academy, this is an instructor led course designed for anyone who wants to understand blockchain technology. The course offers to teach blockchain technology using real world examples, case studies and use cases. By the end of the course you will create your own blockchain and wallet! If you pass the final and complete a class project, you will earn a certificate that is recognized across the global. Holy high tech, Batman. Now an overview of their seven on-line courses.
The Academy does not explicitly indicate the order in which courses should be taken in, nevertheless I will suggest a sequence, beginning with Introduction to Hyperledger Blockchain. What is Hyperledger Blockchain? Hyperledger is an open source permissioned blockchain framework designed for global enterprises who want to have advanced privacy controls in place. It was started by The Linux Foundation and now backed by IBM, Intel and SAP Ariba. What else is available?
Next, I suggest Blockchain Platforms and Framework as that course offers a deep understanding of the technology, with a particular emphasis on IBM technology. Who knows, maybe land a job with IBM? After you finish those three classes, students are ready for courses four and five, both of which are practical and hands.
I suggest Create a Blockchain Network as the fourth course and Create an App Using Blockchain as the fifth. These two courses are designed to teach students how to apply the lessons not just theoretical understanding. That’s awesome, right? Let’s cover the last three courses.
On to course six, Introduction to Polkadot technology. I find this offering particularly useful. Polkadot is a layer one blockchain with a world-wide reach. Develop an expertise in Polkadot and you are immediately employable or even better create your own company! Two more courses remain.
Checking in at number seven is a class focused on Fin-Tech. Fin-Tech is an abbreviation for Financial Technology. Stop and consider all the technology associated with finance and banking and then visualize yourself at the center of that technology. That is the point of the Fin-Tech class.
We conclude with a crypto-currency course. Unfortunately, the common narrative is that blockchain and crypto currency are one and the same. They are not. Crypto currency is just one of numerous blockchain applications. Take this course and understand the technology behind crypto.
Time to go, but first a proverb from Malaysia, where they say: A tiger dies leaving its stripes, a person dies leaving their name.
Until next time,
Yogi Nelson
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