康奈爾大學今年推出的課程中包括“貨幣人類學”和“區(qū)塊鏈、加密貨幣與智能合約入門”。在這所常青藤盟校的28門課程中，只有兩門涉及區(qū)塊鏈，也就是在多個計算機上建立永久性賬本的技術。

雖然康奈爾大學對區(qū)塊鏈現(xiàn)象的接受度超過了其他高校，但它絕不孤單。Coinbase Reports的一項研究顯示，越來越多的大學開始在各個專業(yè)設立相關課程。

下圖來自于這份報告。從中可以看出斯坦福和加州大學伯克利分校等知名院校推出區(qū)塊鏈課程的數(shù)量。

Among the classes on offer at Cornell University this year are “The Anthropology of Money” and “Introduction to Blockchains, Cryptocurrencies, and Smart Contracts.” Those are just two of the 28 courses at the Ivy League school related to blockchain, the popular new technology that creates a permanent ledger across multiple computers.

While Cornell has embraced the blockchain phenomenon more than other schools, it’s hardly alone. According to new research from Coinbase Reports, a growing number of universities are teaching the subject across multiple disciplines.

Here is a chart from the report, which show how other prominent schools, including Stanford and UC Berkeley, are offering multiple blockchain courses:

區(qū)塊鏈在高校受到歡迎其意義重大，部分原因是它仍是一項新技術，而且仍有一些人把比特幣等基于區(qū)塊鏈技術的數(shù)字貨幣和電腦宅男以及網(wǎng)絡罪犯聯(lián)系在一起。

紐約大學斯特恩商學院金融系主任大衛(wèi)·葉爾馬克說，2014年他首次教授區(qū)塊鏈和金融服務課程時，只有35個人報名。而Coinbase Reports的報告顯示，現(xiàn)在這門課吸引了235名學生，而且葉爾馬克在春季和秋季兩個學期都得開課。

更寬泛的說，除了傳統(tǒng)密碼學專業(yè)衍生出的諸多區(qū)塊鏈課程外，其他許多專業(yè)也冒出了同樣的課程，從工程到社會科學，很多傳統(tǒng)專業(yè)對此也很感興趣。

報告指出：“Coinbase的分析顯示，50所頂尖高校開了172個區(qū)塊鏈班，其中15%來自商業(yè)、經(jīng)濟、金融和法律專業(yè)，4%屬于人類學、歷史和政治學等社會科學專業(yè)?！?

對多個學科的吸引力或許可以讓我們看到區(qū)塊鏈項目通常如何圍繞依賴激勵（比如加密貨幣獎金）的去中心化群體來維持通用而又堅不可摧的賬本系統(tǒng)。因此，構建一個成功的區(qū)塊鏈需要的專業(yè)能力多種多樣，比如博弈理論，再比如信息系統(tǒng)和網(wǎng)絡安全。正如法律學者普麗瑪維拉·德·菲力皮和艾倫·懷特在他們的突破性著作《區(qū)塊鏈和法律》（Blockchain and the Law）中解釋的那樣，這項技術還會改寫某些社會和經(jīng)濟規(guī)則。

Coinbase Reports的報告還包括一項調查，其結論是學生對區(qū)塊鏈很感興趣。近一半的社會科學專業(yè)學生表示他們愿意上區(qū)塊鏈課。

而且，該報告還發(fā)現(xiàn)美國大學對區(qū)塊鏈的興趣特別高。Coinbase調查的18所國際性高校中，至少推出一門區(qū)塊鏈或加密貨幣課程的學校只有五家。該報告的調查對象源于《美國新聞與世界報道》評選的50所頂尖大學。

Coinbase將上述情況視為好消息，部分原因是它正在積極招募有區(qū)塊鏈經(jīng)驗的學生。據(jù)消息人士透露，Coinbase將啟動名為“加密貨幣入門到精通”（crypto 101）的全國性巡講，活動將覆蓋對區(qū)塊鏈非常感興趣的大學。

該公司還將舉辦巡回招聘會，其中包括9月13日在哈佛大學的一站。另外，它還將在普林斯頓大學、杜克大學等多所高校舉辦此項活動。（財富中文網(wǎng)）

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The popularity of blockchain on campus is remarkable in part because the technology is still new and because some still associate currencies like Bitcoin (which is run on a blockchain) as the province of geeks and cyber-criminals.

Back in 2014, when David Yermack, the finance department chair at New York University Stern School of Business, first offered his course on blockchain and financial services, he says only 35 people signed up. Now, according to the report, the course is packed with 235 students and he is teaching it both semesters.

More broadly, while a lot of the teaching on blockchain has grown out of traditional courses on cryptography, the subject is also popping up in numerous other disciplines, and interest spans the traditional divisions between engineering and social sciences.

“Coinbase’s analysis found that of the 172 classes listed by the top 50 universities, 15 percent were offered by business, economics, finance, and law departments, and four percent were in social science departments such as anthropology, history, and political science,” the report notes.

The multi-disciplinary appeal likely reflects how blockchain projects typically revolve around decentralized communities that rely on incentives (such as cryptocurrency rewards) to maintain a common, indestructible ledger system. Building a successful blockchain thus requires expertise in fields as diverse as game theory, information systems and cybersecurity. And as legal scholars Primavera de Filipi and Aaron Wright explained in their groundbreaking book Blockchain and the Law, the technology is also poised to remake certain social and economic rules of society.

The report also included a survey that found a high level of interest in blockchain among students. This included nearly half of social science majors reporting that they would like to take a blockchain class.

Finally, the report found that interest in blockchain was particularly strong at American universities. Only five of the 18 international universities among the list surveyed by Coinbase—which was based on the 50 top universities as ranked by U.S. News and World Report—offer at least one class on blockchain or cryptocurrency.

Coinbase itself is treating the findings as good news, in part because the company is actively recruiting students with blockchain experience. According to a source close to the company, Coinbase will be kicking off a national tour to provide “crypto 101” sessions on campuses that have demonstrated a strong interest in blockchain.

The company is also conducting a recruiting tour that includes a stop at Howard University on September 13, and at Princeton, Duke and numerous other schools.