{"id":21507,"date":"2014-04-11T10:11:45","date_gmt":"2014-04-11T08:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=21507"},"modified":"2014-04-11T10:11:45","modified_gmt":"2014-04-11T08:11:45","slug":"the-university-of-nicosia-launches-the-bitcoin-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2014\/04\/11\/the-university-of-nicosia-launches-the-bitcoin-course\/","title":{"rendered":"The University of Nicosia launches the Bitcoin course"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cyprus-mail.com\/2014\/04\/11\/unic-launches-bitcoin-course\/\">The University of Cyprus launches the Bitcoin course<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/unic-bitcoin1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21508\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2014\/04\/11\/the-university-of-nicosia-launches-the-bitcoin-course\/unic-bitcoin1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/unic-bitcoin1.jpg?fit=730%2C455&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"730,455\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"unic-bitcoin1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/unic-bitcoin1.jpg?fit=660%2C411&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-21508\" alt=\"unic-bitcoin1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/unic-bitcoin1-500x311.jpg?resize=500%2C311&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"500\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/unic-bitcoin1.jpg?resize=500%2C311&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/unic-bitcoin1.jpg?w=730&amp;ssl=1 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>THE University of Nicosia (UNIC) has launched a six week, free and open enrolment online course called &#8220;Introduction to Digital Currencies&#8221;, aimed at anyone wishing to gain a greater understanding of the fundamentals of bitcoin and digital currency in general.<\/p>\n<p>The MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) is due to start on May 15, with other sessions starting each month thereafter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>The University of Cyprus launches the Bitcoin course &nbsp; THE University of Nicosia (UNIC) has launched a six week, free and open enrolment online course called &#8220;Introduction to Digital Currencies&#8221;, aimed at anyone wishing to gain a greater understanding of the fundamentals of bitcoin and digital currency in general. The MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2014\/04\/11\/the-university-of-nicosia-launches-the-bitcoin-course\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The University of Nicosia launches the Bitcoin course<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,22,106,62,1334],"tags":[3193,3244,1114,1177],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-21507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-general","category-cyprus","category-nicosia","category-technology","category-web-work","tag-bitcoin","tag-currency","tag-education","tag-finance","post_format-post-format-link"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18932,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2013\/12\/10\/central-bank-of-cyprus-says-bitcoin-is-dangerous-really\/","url_meta":{"origin":21507,"position":0},"title":"Central Bank of Cyprus says Bitcoin is dangerous.  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