{"id":119,"date":"2017-04-09T11:59:29","date_gmt":"2017-04-09T09:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.getsmarter.com\/research-hub\/?p=119"},"modified":"2019-11-27T08:29:29","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T06:29:29","slug":"the-blockchain-and-the-future-of-credentialing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/blog\/the-blockchain-and-the-future-of-credentialing\/","title":{"rendered":"The Blockchain and the Future of Credentialing"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Martin Hall\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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A blockchain is a series of encrypted, peer-to-peer transactions that, together, constitutes a distributed ledger. Following the launch of the Ethereum platform in mid-2015, \u201csmart contracts\u201d that are secured in a set of blockchain transactions have been proposed for just about anything of value. This includes education qualifications and several universities are now offering digital certificates that are recorded in a blockchain.<\/p>\n

In parallel with these digital innovations, the long-established ways of verifying university qualifications are becoming non-viable. Developed for a very different world, where few went into higher education and everyone could be expected to identify every university, the traditional systems of certification are non-scalable, increasingly unintelligible and inefficient.<\/p>\n

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\n \n Sa\u00efd Business School, University of Oxford <\/a>
\n \n Oxford Blockchain Strategy Programme <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\n \"Read\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

In this White Paper, Martin evaluates the fit between the new and evolving opportunities of the blockchain, and the requirements for the radical reform of the ways in which higher education qualifications are certified, and can be verified.<\/p>\n

Click on the image below to download this Smarter White Paper.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"GetSmarter_Blockchain_White_Paper\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Getting ready for smart contracts and certificates. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":16844,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[120],"article-format":[],"class_list":["post-119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-career-advice","tag-systems-technology"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Blockchain and the Future of Credentialing - GetSmarter Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/blog\/the-blockchain-and-the-future-of-credentialing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Blockchain and the Future of Credentialing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Getting ready for smart contracts and certificates.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/blog\/the-blockchain-and-the-future-of-credentialing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"GetSmarter Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-04-09T09:59:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-11-27T06:29:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Research_Hub_BlockChain_White_Paper_Thumb-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Shameel Mohanlal\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"GetSmarter Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.getsmarter.com\\\/blog\\\/the-blockchain-and-the-future-of-credentialing\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.getsmarter.com\\\/blog\\\/the-blockchain-and-the-future-of-credentialing\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Shameel Mohanlal\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.getsmarter.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/527df7e5676f2bfa7c943e1653764bff\"},\"headline\":\"The Blockchain and the Future of Credentialing\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-04-09T09:59:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-11-27T06:29:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.getsmarter.com\\\/blog\\\/the-blockchain-and-the-future-of-credentialing\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":172,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.getsmarter.com\\\/blog\\\/the-blockchain-and-the-future-of-credentialing\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.getsmarter.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/Research_Hub_BlockChain_White_Paper_Thumb-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Systems & technology\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Career Advice\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.getsmarter.com\\\/blog\\\/the-blockchain-and-the-future-of-credentialing\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.getsmarter.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/Research_Hub_BlockChain_White_Paper_Thumb-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.getsmarter.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/Research_Hub_BlockChain_White_Paper_Thumb-1.jpg\",\"width\":500,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"Research_Hub_BlockChain_White_Paper_Thumb\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.getsmarter.com\\\/blog\\\/the-blockchain-and-the-future-of-credentialing\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.getsmarter.com\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Blog\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.getsmarter.com\\\/blog\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Blockchain and the Future of Credentialing - 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