CHAPTER I. The Digitizing World:  Get Onboard or Be Left Behind

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TOPICS:

• The Transition to Digital Money: What’s with the Fear? A Comparison of Disruptive Technologies throughout World History

• Centralized vs Decentralized: a Response Against the Economic Meltdown

• Cryptocurrencies, cryptocoins, alternative coins: what are they?

• The emergence of digital currencies, and the rise of digital economy

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CHAPTER II. What is Bitcoin and Blockchain Basics

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TOPICS

• What is Bitcoin: the Bitcoin Protocol, Uses, Benefits

• The potential value of Bitcoin: why should you get engaged, and why Bitcoin?

• What are Blockchains? How Do They Work?

• The Ecology of Bitcoin: Traditional Banking vs Blockchain-based Money Systems

• Bitcoin and Blockchain-based Services: What’s in it for Me?

• Legalities: Where does Bitcoin Stand Under Current Philippine Legislation?

• Alternative Coins and their Viability

  • Should You or Should You NOT Invest: Identifying the Necessary Features of an Alt Coin to Assess their Long-term Potential Value

  • Top 5 cryptocoins and their purposes

  • Views and reviews of other alt coins

 

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III. Getting Engaged: Walkthroughs and Step-by-Step Guides

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A. Diagram of Processes: Public Keys, Private Keys, Transfers/Transactions, Checking balances, multi-signatures, confirming transactions

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B. Basic Tools and How to Use Them

1. Wallets: Hot vs Cold Storage, Exchanges, Hybrids

2. Hot Wallets -  legitimate brands, creating, using different hot wallets, transactions,
backing up; advantages, disadvantages, risks.

• Exodus.io, CoinBase, Blockchain

3. Cold Wallets - legitimate brands, creating, using different cold wallets, transactions, safekeeping; advantages, disadvantages, risks.

• Trezor, Ledger, OpenDime

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4. Exchanges - legitimate, top-rated exchanges based on reliability; advantages,
disadvantages, risks.

• Poloniex, Bitfinex, CoinBase, Kraken

5. Summary: Comparison Between Storage Methods (Diagram)

6. Security, backups, other services, etc.  

 

C. Current Available Methods for Acquiring and Cashing Out BTC in the Philippines

1. Buying Bitcoins in the Philippines

• Coins.ph, BuyBitcoin.ph

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2. Cashing Out Bitcoins in the Philippines - Options, benefits, limits

• E-cards

• ATM Cardless Withdrawal

• Deposit to Local Bank Account

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D. Transferring BTC from one service to another

E. Converting from one cryptocurrency to another

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IV. Protecting Yourself: Detecting and Avoiding Scams, Vulnerabilities to Take Note Of
Warnings, risks, signs of a scam, and countermeasures to follow.

• Vulnerabilities of Services

• Signs of Common Scams: If it’s Too Good to Be True, It Probably Is

• Do’s and Don’ts

 

V. The Future of Blockchains: Significant developments and adaptation opportunities on a global scale, particularly in leading regions (Japan, Europe, America, Russia, etc.).

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VI. Glossary of Terms: A quick cheat sheet for terms commonly used in the cryptocurrency world.

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VII. Recap: A summary of the important points of the course for review.

References: Links and other resources.

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