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52354-01 - Lecture: Smart Contracts and Decentralized Blockchain Applications (3 CP)
| Semester | fall semester 2020 |
| Course frequency | Every fall sem. |
| Lecturers | Fabian Schär (f.schaer@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | The lecture provides an overview of Blockchain based applications and smart contract platforms. In addition to theory blocks, there will be practical workshops, where, the students learn how to development and implement their own smart contracts and decentralized applications on a Blockchain. |
| Learning objectives | 1. The students understand the concept, incentives and technology behind Blockchain, Smart Contracts, DAPPs and DAOs. 2. The students are able to read and develop simple Smart Contracts. 3. The students can create their own tokens and study various tokenomics models. 4. The students set up their own Blockchain. 5. The students learn how to perform simple security analyses and identify weaknesses in a smart contract. |
| Bibliography | Slide deck and interactive learning content. |
| Comments | • Video On-Demand The main part of the lecture will be provided in a video on-demand format. This allows you to watch the videos at any time that best suits your personal schedule. I bought some studio equipment to ensure that the production quality of these videos will be tolerable. Let’s see how this works out… You will receive an email, once the first video is available. • Questions If you have any question on the format or the subject, please do not hesitate to contact me via email (cc sonja.burger@unibas.ch). Depending on the question, I will either reply by email or schedule a zoom meeting. If the question is relevant for other students, I may include it in a Q&A video. • Evaluation The evaluation will be a mix of a final exam and a group project. You’ll get all the information you need in the first video. If possible, the final exam will be on-site. Obviously, I am also looking into other options, as it is far from clear whether this will be possible. I will keep you updated. • Presentation The only live lecture you have to mark in your calendar is on December 8th, 12:15 - 16:00. During this lecture you will present your group projects. We will most likely use zoom for this session, but more on this later. Just to make sure that there are no misunderstandings I’d like to emphasize that there will be NO LECTURES IN SEMINAR ROOM S18. Everything you need will be available online |
| Weblink | Lehre DLT/Fintech |
| Admission requirements | No prior programming experience required. |
| Course application | Registration: Please enrol in MOnA. EUCOR-Students and students of other Swiss Universities have to enrol at the students administration office (studseksupport1@unibas.ch) within the official enrolment period. Enrolment = Registration for the exam! |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Core Module: Core Areas in Monetary Economics (Master's Studies: International and Monetary Economics) Module: Electives (Master's Studies: Business and Economics) Module: Interdisciplinary and Transfer of Knowledge (Master's Studies: Actuarial Science) |
| Assessment format | end-of-semester examination |
| Assessment details | Programming exercises, presentation and discussion: 40% exam: 60% written exam: 20.01.21; 13:00-14:30. In case COVID-19 protective measures prevent examination on site, the faculty reserves the right to conduct the examination electronically during the same time slot. The exam rooms will be published up to 05.12.20. |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Registration: course registration |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | 1-6 0,1 |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Business and Economics , studiendekanat-wwz@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Faculty of Business and Economics |