Blockchains, Smart Contracts, and Cryptoventures

2 credits · Law School

This course examines distributed ledger/blockchain technologies and computational law, and the related evolving regulatory environment. Topics include cryptocurrency use and regulation, legal forensic analysis of tokens, ethereum-based smart contract governance frameworks, patent strategy, and the professional responsibility considerations when working in a space that is popular, but not well understood. Students will learn about distributed ledger technologies and get an introduction to programming a decentralized game.