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The Taiwan Blockchain University Alliance successfully held the "dEDUCon: Member Meeting and Blockchain Education Forum" at the Legislative Yuan on December 10. The focus was on blockchain technology and education, with an emphasis on how to use the power of education to solve global challenges such as virtual asset money laundering and fraud that may be caused by emerging technologies.
The guests in attendance included Legislative Yuan members Ke Jujun and Huang Shanshan, Director-General Wu Yingdi of the Information and Technology Education Division of the Ministry of Education, Chairperson Tsai Yu-ling of the Asia FinTech Alliance, Chairman Cheng Kuang-tai of the Virtual Currency Business Association of the Republic of China, as well as representatives from the industry, government, and academia in Taiwan, and representatives from the Taipei City Government, New Taipei City Government, and the American Institute in Taiwan.
The guests witnessed the joint signing of the "Blockchain Anti-Fraud and Anti-Money Laundering Education Memorandum" by over 30 blockchain student clubs from across Taiwan, emphasizing technological neutrality, but that through education, technology can be directed towards positive applications, starting with cultivating campus seed players and empowering education to realize positive applications.
Peng Shao-fu, Chairman of the Taiwan Blockchain University Alliance, stated:
Taiwan has the world's most outstanding blockchain talents and engineers, as well as a relatively friendly development environment, and through the efforts of associations and various associations, a good communication and self-discipline mechanism has been established between the industry, government, and academia.
He emphasized that the university alliance has developed into the largest blockchain student community in Asia, with the responsibility to implement education for emerging technologies, from basic teaching and workshops to credit courses and professional reading groups in cooperation with various schools. Since 2019, it has successfully trained many new forces for the industry, providing the industry with many outstanding talents with technical and practical experience.
Peng Shao-fu stated that in the future, they will continue to promote the popularization of anti-fraud and anti-money laundering knowledge, and promote its integration into the regular curriculum, so that students can master fraud identification skills and risk concepts while learning. Proper education is the best means of fraud prevention, and if Taiwan can further popularize technology education and financial literacy education, it will effectively reduce the number and amount of fraud victims, as well as reduce the burden on law enforcement and judicial agencies.
Legislative Yuan member Ke Jujun stated in his speech:
Blockchain will gradually be accepted by society, enterprises, and even governments. It is technologically neutral but may be misused, so how to balance technological development from an educational perspective is a focus we need to pay attention to.
Legislative Yuan member Huang Shanshan stated that her mission is to make technology a positive force under the guidance of the government, rather than avoiding or ignoring its existence, and called for the combination of education and policy to guide technology to create value for society. Director-General Wu Yingdi of the Ministry of Education believes that Taiwan has truly entered a knowledge-based economy, and that true experts do not necessarily come from schools, as the knowledge and experience generated by communities have different characteristics from school knowledge, and to solve new technological problems, both sides must constantly innovate and cooperate.
Tsai Yu-ling, Chairperson of the Asia FinTech Alliance, analyzed the development potential of blockchain from an international perspective and shared that the proportion of discussions on blockchain technology in international forums is increasing, especially in applications such as payments, finance, and asset allocation, and pointed out that Taiwan will be able to play an important role on the global stage in the field of blockchain and financial technology, which requires the united efforts of the industry, government, and academia, especially the popularization and deepening of basic education and professional education. Cheng Kuang-tai, Chairman of the Virtual Currency Business Association of the Republic of China, also emphasized that education is not only a medium for transmitting technology, but also an important bridge for realizing social values.
At the education forum, the event invited Prosecutor Luo Weiyuan of the Shilin District Prosecutors Office, Dean Xu Peiling of the Institute of Financial Technology at Chung Hsing University, Professor Liao Shih-wei of the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering at National Taiwan University, Vice President Chen Yi-ling of Bitopro, Founder Lin Bo-cheng of XueDAO, Chairman Chien Shu-yung of the Taiwan Virtual Asset Anti-Money Laundering Association, and Editor-in-Chief You Yun-xun of ABMedia to share their experiences on the topics of virtual asset anti-fraud and anti-money laundering as well as blockchain education.
Prosecutor Luo Weiyuan shared the latest case examples of virtual asset-related fraud, pointing out that criminals take advantage of the lack of knowledge about virtual currencies among victims to quickly transfer funds to overseas exchanges. International cooperation and public-private collaboration are key to investigating such cases. Professor Xu Peiling proposed that anti-fraud and anti-money laundering education should be incorporated into the regular curriculum, and financial literacy education should be extended to blockchain technology and virtual assets, allowing students to start from the basics and gradually master the risk identification capabilities of anti-fraud.
In the forum, Professor Liao Shih-wei reviewed the design of NTU's blockchain courses, believing that practical application should be combined in the classroom, such as teaching students to set up wallets and operate smart contracts, integrating theory and practice. However, education not only teaches technology, but should also emphasize risk management and legal compliance. Vice President Chen Yi-ling also shared the offline education experience of the Bitopro Group, designing simple and easy-to-understand courses for the middle-aged and elderly, teaching how to identify wallet and transaction security, and incorporating friendly prompts in product design to enhance the user experience and security.
The participants also included student club and community representatives from all over Taiwan. In addition to jointly signing the "Blockchain Anti-Fraud and Anti-Money Laundering Education Memorandum", they actively participated in sharing and discussion. The participants unanimously agreed that only by using education as the foundation can technology be guided towards positive applications, creating deeper value for society.
