I teach an online course on cryptocurrency and I always explain that the process of how to make bitcoins is a perfect metaphor for a valuable education It requires solving complex problems through honest effort to gain something of real value I had one bright but impatient student who struggled with the difficult technical aspects of the course He wanted the certificate but he didnt want to do the hard work He confessed to me that he had been looking for online class help hoping to pay someone to get him through the difficult parts I told him that a shortcut would be like getting a bitcoin without mining it it would be a fraudulent transaction with no real value A certificate earned without honest effort like an unmined bitcoin has no intrinsic worth I convinced him that true wealth whether in cryptocurrency or knowledge is earned not bought
I teach an online course on cryptocurrency and I always explain that the process of how to make bitcoins is a perfect metaphor for a valuable education It requires solving complex problems through honest effort to gain something of real value I had one bright but impatient student who struggled with the difficult technical aspects of the course He wanted the certificate but he didnt want to do the hard work He confessed to me that he had been looking for online class help hoping to pay someone to get him through the difficult parts I told him that a shortcut would be like getting a bitcoin without mining it it would be a fraudulent transaction with no real value A certificate earned without honest effort like an unmined bitcoin has no intrinsic worth I convinced him that true wealth whether in cryptocurrency or knowledge is earned not bought