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Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained

Tomorrow I become a student again. I’ve enrolled in "Blockchain for Business - An Introduction to Hyperledger Technologies" on edX .  edX  is a  massive open online course  (MOOC) provider, originally created by Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT ).  This blog will follow my experience first with the course and then with the blockchain in general. By writing about my experiences publicly I’ve learned that I’m more apt to achieve the goals I’ve put out for myself (or be publicly ridiculed) and I’m more likely to understand what I’m working on through writing about it. In addition to covering the course and my understanding of the blockchain, I will also use the blog to consider ways to use the blockchain, be they for business, government, non-profit, or personal use.  My goals with this blog are to complete the edX course, to brainstorm uses for the blockchain, and to start building blockchain applications.  ...