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Duration

6 hours

Total fee

Free

Mode of learning

Online

Difficulty level

Intermediate

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Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Primitives
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  • DeFi and the Future of Finance is a set of four courses that focus on decentralized finance The second course is called DeFi Primitives, it is recommended that participants take the first course, DeFi Infrastructure, before this course
  • In this course, we talk about transaction mechanics and introduce both fungible and non-fungible tokens or NFTs The course explores the important issue of custody (holding private keys)
  • The course then explores supply adjustment which includes the minting and burning of tokens
  • The course then explores the role of direct as well as indirect incentives in the DeFi system

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Primitives
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Curriculum

Mechanics

Transaction Mechanics

Fungible Tokens

Non-Fungible Tokens

Module 1 Graded Quiz

Supply and Ownership

Custody

Supply Adjustment

Incentives

Module 2 Graded Quiz

Loans and Swaps

Centralized Exchange

Decentralized Exchange

Automated Market Makers

Collateralized Loans

Flash Loans

Module 3 Graded Quiz

Joining the World of DeFi

MetaMask Wallet

Hashes and Keys

Addresses

Signatures and Transaction Mechanics

Consensus

Incentives, Latency, Data, Computing Power

Cross-chain, Immutability, Oracles, Privacy

Module 4 Graded Quiz

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