2016年，区块链开始走红；

2017年，关于区块链的无数传说野蛮滋生，行业也迎来了愈来愈强的监管；

2018年，“这将是一个区块链技术有望广泛应用的元年。”

我们经常听到的区块链，总是和炒币、金融结合在一起。这给了人们一种假象，以为区块链就是一种投机现象，人们一窝蜂地进场，幻想着一夜暴富，却忽视了区块链的本质，这也是造成现在“币圈”乱象的一个重要原因。我们需要再次复习一下区块链的定义：区块链是一门技术，是一个分布在全球各地、能够协同运转的数据库存储系统，能够保证数据的真实性。作为技术，它的生命力终归和科研紧密相连。

中国虽对比特币持坚决否定态度，但是对于区块链技术却不甘心落后。材料物理专家、中国科学院院士、清华大学副校长薛其坤教授在“首届中国区块链技术创新应用大赛”致辞中称，区块链技术是未来网络空间技术设施的新高地，将能够大力推动共享经济的普及，形成与资产连接的全球开放性包容体系。

清华大学于今年开设学分课程《超越学科的认知基础》，该课程将全面讲述区块链。这是中国高校首次推出区块链课程，并将区块链课程纳入本科生教育范畴。清华将从技术、教学、研究三个方面进行布局，加大力度推进区块链技术的普及和应用发展，让清华学子能够尽快掌握这个兴起的技术。

去年八月，北京区块链通公司与于北京联合设立区块链实验室，这也是首个高校区块链研究实验室。

浙江大学已经申请了区块链专利，是一个基于云技术的区块链系统，以促进跨境支付交易。

日前，南京大学区块链人工智能金融科技课题组邀请了国内区块链项目领先者之一的祺鲲科技进行了区块链专题研讨讲座。未来还将合作探索区块链技术在金融场景中的更多应用落地。

西安电子科技大学与第三方机构合作，于上月引入《区块链技术原理与开发实战》，将国际最新区块链技术同步至课堂教学中。

临前海特区之畔，深圳大学申请的专利较之于浙江大学“更接地气”，他们的专利主要用于保护艺术家的知识产权，希望通过区块链技术作为标记和追踪作品的手段。

1831年成立的纽约大学，在2014年就开始提供区块链的课程，第一门课为“比特币和其它加密货币的法规和商业”。这门课直到现在都还可以选，里面详细说明了比特币和其它支付方式的原理。这门2014年开设的课程，现在已经有超过200名学生选择并成为MBA专业学生最受欢迎的课之一。同时纽约大学还可以选修“数字货币：钱和支付革命”这门课。

In 2014 New York University started offering blockchain classes, the first course opened was “The Law and Business of Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies.” This course is still available and explains Bitcoin and other alternative payments mechanisms. NYU students can also sign up for “Digital Currency: Revolution in Money and Payments?” This course introduces participants to digital currencies and emerging mobile payment systems. Professor David Yermack, who taught this fledgling course with Geoffrey Miller of NYU Law, has witnessed the dramatic increase in academic interest for this field firsthand over the last two years. Their original course now boasts an enrollment of roughly 200 students with enough momentum to crystallize into a robust FinTech MBA specialization.

学校为本科生开设加密货币课程。伯克利的学生组织了加密货币的论坛，定期开会，组织研讨会，开发者指导等。同时，利用最新的加密技术组织项目和研究。按Gregory LaBlanc教授的描述，伯克利不仅仅提供基本课程，而是给学生提供了一个真正接触加密货币的机会。每年伯克利都有关于加密货币的新项目和初创公司成立，通过伯克利的努力，更多新的想法，人才和资金都被更有效的结合在一起。

This university offers an open-source undergraduate cryptocurrency course for their students. At the same time, Berkeley students run organization organizes crypto meetups and host talks, developer tutorials, workshops and more. Moreover, the organisationbuilds side projects and conducts research using cutting-edge blockchain and crypto technologies. “Berkeley offers an opportunity for students to be truly interdisciplinary [...] not only in the classroom, but also in clubs, meet-ups, and startups,” Gregory enthuses.

“In my view, there are a lot of projects and startups, especially in the blockchain space, that will struggle because the founding team has inadequate breadth. By bringing all three groups together, we hope to increase lateral learning, accelerate the development of new ideas and increase the likelihood of success.”

 

在2013年，麻省理工便开始主动接触区块链，并开设MIT数字货币研究。超过100名MBA专业的学生参加了区块链课程的学习。与此同时，麻省理工今年又开始了“加密经济研究实验室”，期待吸引更多学生和学者共同参与加密货币的研究中。

MIT's legacy looms large in the tech world, so it should come as no surprise that it has been a blockchain leader since 2013, when it launched the MIT Digital Currency Research Study.

Christian Catalini, who co-designed the Study with Catherine Tucker, has since offered a number of three-day intensives on cryptocurrency—the last of which, he says, captured an attendance of over 100 MBA students. This year, the school is unveiling a new interdisciplinary Cryptoeconomics research lab which will synthesize research in economics, business, and computer science.

UCLA的重心不是研究加密货币的具体技术，而是理解如何在商业领域使用区块链技术，在金融，法律，供应链，身份管理领域甚至是社会影响。

“Our focus is to understand how blockchain can be used in business,” he says, “in industries such as finance, law, supply chain, identity management, and even social impact.”

This final element is key to Bhagwan's innovative vision. “I am on the board of Stellar.org which is trying to bring financial inclusion to the poorest people around the world. I am also working on developing an Oceancoin, the goal of which is to create a system of incentives that will reward businesses that commit to cleaning the oceans without the use of government and other centralized institutions.”

杜克大学是美国第一大加密货币交易平台Coinbase联合创始人Ehrsam的母校。杜克大学是加密货币领域的先锋，开设了“Innovation, Disruption and Cryptoventures”课程。这门课并不是简单探索了比特币交易，而是重点解释了一个革命性的技术并评估其在未来商业领域的应用。

The course at Duke University, - where Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam graduated five years ago - was prepared by Finance Professor Campbell Harvey and also launched in September last year.

Duke University, situated in Durham County of North Carolina, also offers blockchain courses. Its pioneer cryptocurrency course “Innovation, Disruption and Cryptoventures” does not simply explore transactions in Bitcoin. The idea of the course is to understand a disruptive technology and to assess its implications on how business will be conducted in the future.

According to Professor Campbell Harvey, over half of its graduating class this year will have taken his blockchain course.“MBAs want to be disruptors, not disruptees. I would say blockchain is the largest disruption to business that I have seen in my career—besides the Internet,” Campbell asserts. While the program prioritizes innovation, he aims to ground the lofty novelty around these technologies with a solid foundation encompassing longterm viability, implementation, and a firm technical grasp.“It is the wild west right now,” he states. “Many want to be associated with a hot trend. I try to cut through the hype and deliver enough for my students to separate the people are truly skilled in this space from those just in it to make a quick buck.”

普林斯顿大学开设区块链相关的课程“比特币和加密货币技术”。这门在线课程主要详细回答了一些关于关于比特币的问题，如比特币怎么工作？为什么比特币与众不同？你的比特币是否安全？比特币的匿名用户如何？什么决定了比特币的价格？加密货币是否可以被规范化？比特币的未来会如何？

New Jersey’s Princeton University offers a blockchain related course called “Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies.” This online course offered via Coursera and addresses important questions about Bitcoin. If you are interested in knowing answers to following questions, we recommend considering it: 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?

斯坦福大学提供一门特殊的关于区块链的课程叫做比特币工程（bitcoin engineering）。这门课专注于如何制作支持比特币的应用。你可以快速的了解比特币并掌握比特币的一些算法和技术。

Stanford University offers a special course about blockchain called Bitcoin Engineering. It focuses on studying how to produce Bitcoin-enabled applications. You will be able to get a grasp of a well-developed introduction to Bitcoin as well as Bitcoin enabled computing.