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The Steemit Crypto Academy is back with another set of lessons from our Crypto Professors. As usual we are covering a diverse set of topics to broaden your knowledge of the crypto world. This week’s courses cover NFTs, Smart Contracts, Consensus Algorithms, Cryptocurrency Markets, Bandwidth and Energy on Tron, decentralized and centralized social media, and scalp trading. We hope you enjoy the lessons, study well, work hard, make your best homework posts and earn rewards ! --- --- ### The Steemit Crypto Academy Courses - Week 13

These are the courses for Week #13… --- #### @abcallen [ China ]

This week Professor @Abcallen’s lesson is about NFTs and Smart Contracts. The homework task involves writing either a plan for introducing NFTs on the Steem blockchain, or a plan for the application of a Smart Contract. * [**Steemit Crypto Academy : Week 13 : NFTs & Smart Contracts**](https://steemit.com/hive-108451/@abcallen/steemit-or-nft) --- --- #### @alphafx [ Nigeria ] - assisted by @levycore [ Indonesia ]

This week Professor @Alphafx is looking at Consensus Algorithms. The homework task involves writing about one of these Consensus Algorithms - Stellar Consensus Protocol, Proof of Capacity, Proof of Burn or Proof of Elapsed Time. * [**Steemit Crypto Academy : Week 13 : Consensus Algorithms**](https://steemit.com/hive-108451/@alphafx/homework-post-for-stream4u-s-season-2-week-4) --- --- #### @imagen [ Venezuela ] - assisted by @pelon53 [ Venezuela ]

This week Professor @Imagen is exploring Cryptocurrency Markets. The homework task involves answering a number of questions relating to cryptocurrency markets. * [**Steemit Crypto Academy : Week 13 : Cryptocurrency Markets)**](https://steemit.com/hive-108451/@imagen/steemit-crypto-academy-semana-5-or-mercado-de-criptomonedas) --- --- #### @sapwood [ India ] - assisted by @fendit [ Argentina ]

This week Professor @Sapwood’s lesson is all about Bandwidth and Energy on Tron. The homework task covers a practical exploration with set tasks and questions about Bandwidth and Energy on Tron. * [**Steemit Crypto Academy : Week 13 : Bandwidth & Energy (Tron)**](https://steemit.com/hive-108451/@sapwood/steemit-crypto-academy-or-season-2-week5-bandwidth-and-energy-tron) --- --- #### @yousafharoonkhan [ Pakistan ] - assisted by @stream4u (India)

This week Professor @Yousafharoonkhan is investigating decentralized and centralized social media, with particular reference to Steemit. The homework task involves answering questions about decentralized and centralized social media. * [**Steemit Crypto Academy : Week 13 : Steemit & Decentralized and Centralized Social Media**](https://steemit.com/hive-108451/@yousafharoonkhan/steemit-crypto-academy-or-season-2-week5-or-or-steemit-decentralized-social-media-centralization-and-decentralization-social) --- --- #### @yohan2on [ Uganda ] - assisted by @kouba01 [ Tunisia ]

This week Professor @Yohan2on is looking at scalp trading. The homework task involves practical exercises to demonstrate understanding of a scalp trading strategy. * [**Steemit Crypto Academy : Week 13 : The Scalp Trading Style**](https://steemit.com/hive-108451/@yohan2on/steemit-crypto-academy-season2-week5-or-the-scalp-trading-style) --- --- #### Homework Guidelines

We are keen to ensure that all contributions to the Steemit Crypto Academy are of as high a standard as possible. While the Crypto Professors may set specific requirements for some of their homework tasks we would suggest all students follow these basic guidelines… * Title the post with the format - **Crypto Academy Week 13 - Homework Post for [name of Crypto Professor] …** * Homework posts should be at least 300 words * All work should be your own - **plagiarism will not be tolerated** * Any graphs, screenshots, quotes etc used from other sources should be fully referenced * Any images used should be from copyright-free sources and fully referenced * Homework posts should include the tag #cryptoacademy and **any tag specifically required by the Crypto Professor in the first five tags**. It will also be good to include a tag for your country. * Tag the relevant Crypto Professor to help them find your homework post. --- **Please make sure you send your homework posts into the Crypto-Academy community…** * https://steemit.com/trending/hive-108451 **Homework posts should be submitted no later than 11.59pm UTC, on Saturday, May 15th 2021. Note this is one day earlier than usual.** --- **Please check each Professor’s post carefully for any special instructions they have given for their homework task. Once you have completed your homework post make sure you leave a link on the Professor’s post to ensure they see it.** Following all these guidelines carefully will help you gain higher vote rewards for your homework posts. --- --- #### New Voting Rules for Season 2

**To encourage people to do more research and put more effort into producing higher quality homework posts @steemcurator02 will now only be voting on posts that achieve a grade of 5 out of 10 or above from the Professor.** **Additionally to discourage ‘content farming’ from multi-accounts set up purely to harvest votes from the Crypto Academy @steemcurator02 will only consider giving votes on homework posts submitted by people with reputations of 50 or above.** If you are new to Steem we suggest you join the Newcomers Community and do the Achievement Tasks there to get to know the platform and build up your reputation before joining the Crypto Academy… * https://steemit.com/trending/hive-172186 **To further discourage content farmers who commonly power down and cash out on a continual basis we will not, at our discretion, be voting on any posts from authors who are powering down.** **Additionally to further discourage content farming and to encourage Academy students to build more of a stake in the platform we are introducing one further rule this week. We will not, at our discretion, be voting on posts from authors who do not have at least 100 SP in their wallet due to constant selling of the rewards from their homework posts.** --- --- #### The Steemit Crypto Academy community

The Crypto Academy community is **ONLY** for posts to do with the courses being run by the Crypto Professors… * https://steemit.com/trending/hive-108451 Alongside the course posts from the Crypto Professors, the only other posts in the Steemit Crypto Academy community should be homework posts for the tasks set by the professors. **Please do not post general crypto related posts now in the Steemit Crypto Academy Community. Any non-Academy posts may be muted.** --- --- We hope as many of you as possible will join in with the Steemit Crypto Academy courses and do the homework tasks set by the Crypto Professors. You are free to follow as many of the courses as you want. In this second season of the Academy we will be putting a greater emphasis on improving the quality of the homework posts. We will also be putting even more resources into curbing plagiarism, content farming and other abuse. --- We are keen for the Steemit Crypto Academy to provide a high quality learning opportunity for those willing to put in the effort to expand their knowledge and understanding of the world of cryptocurrencies. Thank you _The Steemit Team_