1. Assignment for next week (10/4)
Topics to address:
A. Why over 90% of blockchain projects established in the last two years are dead?
B. “Using blockchain as a disruptor” which application and company is more likely to succeed?
C. “Smart contracts will eventually automate the mass personalization of value exchange,” But is blockchain’s smart contract ready for business worlds?
D. What is Ethereum; as a “smart contract living in blockchain”, as a “world computer”
“dApps : Ethereum vs Qtum”
What Ethereum differs from Bitcoin?
F. Is Bitcoin sustainable in the long run?
What is miner actually doing in Bitcoin egosystem?
Bitcoin’s BTC like Gold or what!
Vulnerability: Sabotage, Hacks, Theft :

2. Assignment for next week (10/4)
Topics to address: continue…
G. What Ripple is!
Settlement Network for frictionless payment/exchange platform
How Ripple’s XRP differs from Bitcoin’s BTC? Ripple’s XRP likes commodity diamonds?
H. “Blockchain-as-a-Service (BAAS)” Review Vechain’s business-- why is Vechain’s VET token generating so much attention in 2018 cryptocurrency?
I. Pros and Cons Debate on Blockchain
Blockchains are ‘trustless’ vs Blockchains always require some degree of trust
Blockchains are immutable or ‘tamper-proof’ vs Transactions on a blockchain network can be reversed by network participants under specific circumstances
Blockchains are 100% secure vs Blockchains are not automatically more secure than other systems
Blockchains are ‘truth machines’ vs GIGO (‘garbage in, garbage out’) applies to every blockchain that uses non-native digital assets and/or external data inputs

3. Assignment for next week (10/4)
Review:
Use cases of 2018:
Handout: Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Part I Introduction, Part II: Use Cases and Application
Assignment:
Group 1: Pro Bitcoin, Use Case
Group 2: Pro Bitcoin, Use Case
Group 3: Con Bitcoin, Use Case
Group 4: Con Bitcoin, Use Case

4. Research Projects Analysis of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, and Litecoin
Compelling use cases for blockchain technology

5. DIY project proposal
Ethereum: build your own smart contract and design and issue your own cryptocurrency
OST:  use OST KIT⍺ as a testbed to manage your token economy
My Wish : Create your smart contract without coding
NEO :
Become a developer: