You probably use cryptography multiple times a day. It is used frequently, from websites to your smartphone, and serves an important function. And if you use Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, cryptography serves a critical security function. Cryptography is the art of secret writing, and cryptographic functions enable you to securely…

C4 is excited to announce the addition of the Certified Bitcoin Professional Prep Course to the Thinkific platform. While the course is still available on Udemy, Thinkific’s platform allows C4’s offerings to expand and provide additional learning and certification opportunities to a broader audience. Innovative colleges and cutting-edge companies have…

Cryptocurrency and blockchain technology have impacted almost every industry, and as it continues to become more known and used, opportunities are rising! Better yet, you don’t need to have programming skills! Which begs the question, what kind of careers are available for the non-technical crypto enthusiast? Here are 5 ideas…

Florida International University’s (FIU) Chapman Graduate School of Business now collaborates with the Cryptocurrency Certification Consortium (known as C4) to bring the Certified Bitcoin Professional (CBP) designation to FIU’s online Master of Science in Finance degree program. Students in FIU’s master’s level Financial Innovation course are taught by Florent Rouxelin…

Curious about the benefits of Bitcoin’s open blockchain? Read on! The word “Bitcoin” is being used by more than just those in the cryptocurrency industry. Bitcoin is in the news, all over social media, and becoming increasingly popular in the financial world, even recently being added as an ETF, or…

If you want to begin holding cryptocurrency, one of the first things that you will need to do is set up a wallet. But what is a wallet? Do you want a hot or cold wallet? And how do you safely download and/or purchase a crypto wallet? When you think…

The EIP-1559 Update Before we get into EIP-1559, it’s important to know that EIP stands for Ethereum Improvement Proposal. EIPs are standards proposed by the Ethereum community to make changes to the Ethereum blockchain protocol. The recent and much-anticipated EIP-1559, which was included in the London hard fork, was first proposed by Ethereum…

S. Dirk Anderson, is the committee leader for C4’s Certified Bitcoin Professional (CBP) committee. The CBP committee is a volunteer committee of industry professionals, who themselves have taken and passed the CBP exam. Dirk has worked as a technology professional for 25 years; his focus on information security and cryptography…

Written by: Ann Brody, CBP Gone are the days when Bitcoin solely belonged to the sphere of long-haired technophiles. Lambos, steak, and “moon” now characterize Bitcoin’s culture and Bitcoin’s rainbow charts seem to be making more headlines than the Bitcoin whitepaper. However, this doesn’t mean that we should forget about…