BLOCKCHAIN ECONOMY & BUSINESS (4 Credits)

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this course, student will be able to: LO1 – define Basics and Application of Web3; LO2 – define Token Economics and Decentralized Finance; LO3 – explain Web3, Token Economics and Decentralized Finance; LO4 – classify Token Use Cases.

Topics:

1. Tokenized Networks: Web3, the Stateful Web;
2. Keeping Track of the Tokens: Bitcoin, Blockchain, & Other Distributed Ledgers;
3. Token Security: Cryptography;
4. Who Controls The Tokens? User-Centric Identity-Systems;
5. Smart Contracts;
6. Institutional Economics of Web3 Networks & other DAOs;
7. Governance of Web3 Networks & Other DAOs;
8. Tokens;
9. The Future of Money & Decentralized Finance (DeFi);
10. Stable Tokens;
11. Privacy Tokens;
12. Trading Tokens, Atomic Swaps & DEX;
13. Course Review 1;
14. Lending Tokens – Decentralized Credit Systems;
15. Token Sales: ICOs, ITOs, IEOs, STOs;
16. Asset Tokens & Fractional Ownership;
17. Purpose-Driven Tokens;
18. Steemit, Hive & Reddit: Tokenized Social Networks;
19. Basic Attention Token: Advertising Reinvented;
20. Token Curated Registries – The New Search?;
21. How to Design a Token System; Course Review 2.