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9 Startup Ideas from Duke University’s Cryptoventures Course
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Syllabus
1. The History of Money. High level intro to cryptocurrency.2. Cryptography 101 (Diffie‐Hellman, RSA, Elliptic Curve) and intro to hashing (SHA‐2).
Private keys and public keys.3. Blockchain. Byzantine Generals. Privacy and Anonymity. Mining.4. Blockchain simulation. Permissioned vs. public ledgers.5. Blockchain applications (Nasdaq, IBM, etc.). Sidechains. Merge mining.6. Valuing cryptocurrencies. 7. Colored coins and conditional contracts. 8. Applications 21/Lightning/Proofofexistence/Databases/Factom. 9. Applications R3CEV, DAH‐Hyperledger10. Legal. KYC, ALM, BitLicense.11. Course wrap‐up followed by student presentations.
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Guest Speakers
• Adam White, January 29, Coinbase• Stan Larimer, February 5, BitShares• Austin Hill, February 12, Blockstream• Jameson Lopp, February 19, Bitgo• Brad Wheeler, February 19, Bitcoin Foundation• Barry Silbert, March 19• Fred Ehrsam, March 26, Coinbase
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Main Deliverable
Grade largely determined by the quality of a maximum 15 slide pitch for a new business that has a link to blockchain technology.Student presentations on last two days of the course.
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Teams
Nine groups.• Diversified membership including:
• 2nd year MBA, • Law student, • Engineer, and • Computer Science major.
• Course runs January – April.
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Great Wall Street Journal Bitcoin Debate
WSJ decides to conduct a debate.• I am chosen as “Pro” bitcoin.• My essay is due February 14.• I ask students to provide comments on my essay. Reverse of the usual teaching situation.
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Great Wall Street Journal Bitcoin Debate
#1 Story on
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Financial TimesFebruary 16, 2015
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NPRJanuary 26, 2015
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BloombergMarch 2, 2015
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Scientific AmericanApril 1, 2015
April 8, 2015
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Money MagazineFebruary 24, 2015
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Bloomberg Magazine
October, 2015
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FT
September 15 2015
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The follower
August 24, 2015
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Student Ventures
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Student Ventures‐Confidential
No photos of slides please
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Conclusions
First course ever offered focused on blockchain technology• We are seeing only the tip of the iceberg in terms of innovative ideas• Most people have heard of bitcoin; few understand blockchain• Big opportunity for new ventures
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