Blockchain technology is so hot right now – here's how to learn it cheaply

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CNBC chief Jim Cramer echoed a popular perception of Bitcoin when he compared Monopoly Money in his financial show in 2017.

For the unfamiliar, Bitcoin looks like an imaginary currency used exclusively by technicians. And when you tell people that it was created in 2009 by an anonymous party that may or may not be dead? It seems * very * false, but OK!

Spoiler warning: the bitcoin is very real. The same goes for the blockchain, the distributed, decentralized and tamper-resistant ledger on which Bitcoin transactions are recorded. Both are key players in the world of cryptocurrencies, that's for sure. But in terms of relevance to the average citizen, the blockchain wins, as it is useful in all types of sectors beyond finance, from health care to entertainment.

Among its new users, none other than Walmart, who ordered his salad growers to start using a private blockchain system to track their supplies as a security measure.

2019 is expected to be a particularly important year for blockchain technology, so that it will become "trivial," says MIT's Technology Review. This now makes the perfect time to start developing your blockchain skills by signing up for an online course.

The Mastery Bundle Developer Blockchain 2019 is an eight-part training package designed to teach you how to create your own blockchain projects from scratch and is a great way to get started.

Oriented to students of all skill levels, the package opens with classes covering the basic components of blockchain technology and the basics of cryptocurrency investment. From there, expand your core knowledge with courses on NEM and EOS, two popular and beginner blockchain platforms. Completing the bundle are a couple of practical tutorials on JavaScript, a scripting language that plays an important role in blockchain development, which will show you how to use it to build your cryptocurrencies.

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