Today, large intermediaries establish trust in our economy and control the movement, storage, and allocation of money and assets. The status quo, however, is rife with inefficiencies. In this course, we’ll address the many challenges of the status quo and discuss how cryptoassets, smart contracts, new identity systems, and new financial business models can help overcome them. You’ll learn how blockchain technology empowers individuals, entrepreneurs, and businesses with the tools they need to help level the playing field and to participate in the value they create. By the end of this course, you’ll learn how and why transacting on the blockchain can help us bring about a future that is faster, fairer, and more distributed than the world we inhabit today.
AO
This has been very insightful for me. The two instructors certainly took their time explaining the basics of Blockchain, cryptoassets to the understanding of anyone. Thank you.
DK
Thank you! I learned and got inspired a lot. It changed my perspective completely. I am looking forward to the next courses in this specification.
VU
Excellent content, made easy for beginners but deep enough for curious minds regarding the presented topics
BP
It is very elaborate, with clear examples in articulating various objectives around crypto framework
AS
Learned a lot of new things. The course keeps you wanting more as the concept of blockchain is large and evergrowing.
AE
This course has made me understand what blockchain and smart contract entails. Thank you Alex and Don Topscott for this breakdown in the course. Special Thanks to Insead.
WV
I liked this course as it very thorough but it also does no shy away from the gaps, still to be solved
BR
Thank you for all the work you did to bring all this information in a accesible language ,
TV
Great instructors who are experts in the field. Highly recommended to expand your knowledge on Blockchain, Cryptoassets, smart contacts, and the future of technology and our world.Thank you!
RT
I was introduced to really powerful ideas on equitable wealth distribution, smart contracts and metering economy which can make the world run better and more secure.
SM
Super Great Instructors, clear instructions with rich examples and additional literature
RG
Amazing course right from the explanation to the examples giving helping even a person with no background in blockchain learn a lot about the same.
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Nothing on decentralized finance specifically which is why I took the course.
Good theorycal approach, but way too outdated for DeFi of 2021
Course is excellent however certificate does not look authentic as the INSEAD Business school logo is not displayed correctly.
Have given numerous examples to Coursera suppot with the most recent certs that my colleagues got for the same program where the logo is displayed correctly. But it seems Coursera is reluctant to fix the problem for my certs.
I hope coursera will take this issue seriously instead of giving endless excuses,.
Great instructors who are experts in the field. Highly recommended to expand your knowledge on Blockchain, Cryptoassets, smart contacts, and the future of technology and our world.
Thank you!
This has been very insightful for me. The two instructors certainly took their time explaining the basics of Blockchain, cryptoassets to the understanding of anyone. Thank you.
I was glad that the courses introduced to many of the applications of the technology, however, most of applications were 'could be' scenarios, which had major challenges to implement, which the course ignores. Many articles being shared dated back to 2016-18, and if the concepts from these articles and examples haven't been implemented yet, or fails to enter mainstream, there has to be some challenges as well, and even if these challenges were mentioned, they were explained very vaguely
Too simplistic and feels like a never ending advertisement of their book. Even though INSEAD's name is included this does not seem to have any academic rigor at all.
A lot of the content in this course is out-dated since the crypto world advanced so fast
Most of the documents linked to and comments made refer to 2017-2021. Having 2025 now feels like the course is too old to capture how the market has evolved since and I am lost in the dark if what has been said is still applicable and if yes, in what way.
The course is very well structured, an eye opener. I found the extra reading included particularly useful as it can clarify some concepts which can be initially hard to understand for someone used to our centralised world. Being packed with new concepts, It's not something to digest straight away however the various topics are laid out in the course and it's up to the student to soak them up at their own pace and possibly then being able to understand where to focus after completing the course.
An extremely clear, concise and contextual course for individuals aiming to sharpen their skills in crypto or learn about the industry for the first time! Loved the father & son combo and even though the course is starting to age (where crypto moves and develops so quickly) its very important to learn the history in the space and how we got to where we are today. Very much recommend and looking forward to adding this credential to the CV! Thanks guys
Thank you for bringing us along towards the vision for future that is faster, fairer, and more distributed with transacting on the blockchain with this course Blockchain, Cryptoassets, and Decentralized Finance Don, Alex, INSEAD and Coursera. I am all excited to see how I can join to resolve many challenges of the status quo with Cryptoassets, smart contracts, new identity systems, and new financial business models.
Great course to get a good understanding what and how Blockchain technology impacts and disrupts to current automated world. The study goes through elementary aspects like identity management, smart contracts and impacts on business models, does recaps with small tests and makes studying a pleasant, great joy to do. Thanks so much, good luck to both Tapscott gentlemen and Insead as a course provider.
I enjoyed this course and found it very helpful in explaining some foundational knowledge required for a broad understanding of digital assets. Some updates to reflect the everchanging digital asset space would be helpful since most of this material seems dated to 2018 or 2019, and the profound changes in the crypto markets during 2020 and 2021 could create a lot more up to date content.
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I am very grateful and sincerely thank Coursera for this Opportunity .
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This course has made me understand what blockchain and smart contract entails. Thank you Alex and Don Topscott for this breakdown in the course. Special Thanks to Insead.
I was introduced to really powerful ideas on equitable wealth distribution, smart contracts and metering economy which can make the world run better and more secure.
Amazing course right from the explanation to the examples giving helping even a person with no background in blockchain learn a lot about the same.
Thank you! I learned and got inspired a lot. It changed my perspective completely. I am looking forward to the next courses in this specification.
It's amazing how this course have changed my point of view about so many thing in life, I strongly suggest you to take this course.