Data, IT, & Blockchain
Encrypted data, payments, and file transfers.
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Understanding how hardware (CPU, RAM, Storage) facilitates data processing.
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Virtualization & The Cloud
Exploring how physical servers become "The Cloud" through virtualization and remote data centers.
Exploring how physical servers become "The Cloud" through virtualization and remote data centers.
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Internet Protocols
How data travels across the globe using the "rules of the road" (IP addresses, DNS, and Packets).
How data travels across the globe using the "rules of the road" (IP addresses, DNS, and Packets).
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Structured vs. Unstructured Data
Comparing organized SQL databases to the messy world of social media feeds and sensor logs.
Comparing organized SQL databases to the messy world of social media feeds and sensor logs.
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Database Design & Logic
The fundamentals of how systems relate pieces of information to one another (Relational Mapping).
The fundamentals of how systems relate pieces of information to one another (Relational Mapping).
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Data Ethics & Privacy
Investigating the "Digital Footprint" and the trade-offs between convenience and personal data sovereignty.
Investigating the "Digital Footprint" and the trade-offs between convenience and personal data sovereignty.
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The Threat Landscape
Identifying common attack vectors like Phishing, Social Engineering, and Ransomware.
Identifying common attack vectors like Phishing, Social Engineering, and Ransomware.
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How encryption works to turn readable data into secure code and back again.
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Defense & Cybersecurity
Exploring multi-layered security strategies, from firewalls to human-centric security policies.
Exploring multi-layered security strategies, from firewalls to human-centric security policies.
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The Distributed Ledger
Understanding how a network of peers maintains a single version of the truth without a central authority.
Understanding how a network of peers maintains a single version of the truth without a central authority.
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Consensus Mechanisms
How different networks (like Bitcoin or Ethereum) agree on data via Proof of Work or Proof of Stake.
How different networks (like Bitcoin or Ethereum) agree on data via Proof of Work or Proof of Stake.
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Hashing & Immutability
Exploring the "digital fingerprint" that makes blockchain records permanent and tamper-proof.
Exploring the "digital fingerprint" that makes blockchain records permanent and tamper-proof.
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Smart Contracts & Automation
How "if/then" code can replace traditional middlemen in finance, law, or logistics.
How "if/then" code can replace traditional middlemen in finance, law, or logistics.
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Tokenomics & Digital Ownership
Exploring the role of Fungible (Cryptocurrency) and Non-Fungible (NFTs) tokens in a digital economy.
Exploring the role of Fungible (Cryptocurrency) and Non-Fungible (NFTs) tokens in a digital economy.
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DAOs & Decentralized Governance
How groups of people can organize and vote on the blockchain without a corporate hierarchy.
How groups of people can organize and vote on the blockchain without a corporate hierarchy.
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