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Blockchain technologies

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Кафедра: department of digital economics and business analytics

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516доцент Oleh YaremaУФЕ-31с

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532УФЕ-31сдоцент Oleh Yarema, доцент Deputat B. Y.

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The course “Blockchain Technologies” is aimed at developing students’ systematic understanding of the principles underlying blockchain technologies, their economic nature, distributed ledger architecture, and practical applications in the financial, logistics, public, and corporate sectors.

The course covers consensus mechanisms (PoW, PoS, and their modifications), the cryptographic foundations of blockchain, smart contracts, decentralized finance (DeFi), asset tokenization, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), as well as the legal and regulatory aspects of digital assets in Ukraine and the European Union.

Particular attention is paid to the economic efficiency of blockchain implementation, risk analysis, network scalability, security challenges, and the integration of blockchain into the digital transformation of businesses.

The course combines theoretical instruction with practical assignments, enabling students to develop competencies in analysing, implementing, and evaluating blockchain projects.

Course Aim

The aim of the course is to provide students with a systematic understanding of blockchain technology as a tool for the digital transformation of the economy; to develop their knowledge of the theoretical foundations of distributed ledgers, consensus mechanisms, and cryptographic data protection; and to equip them with practical skills in analysing, evaluating, and implementing blockchain solutions in the financial, corporate, and public sectors.

Course Objectives

  • to develop an understanding of blockchain network architecture and its economic nature;
  • to explain consensus mechanisms, including PoW, PoS, DPoS, and PoA, and their impact on network security and scalability;
  • to analyse the role of smart contracts in the digital economy;
  • to examine asset tokenization models, NFTs, DeFi, and CBDCs;
  • to study the legal and regulatory aspects of digital assets in Ukraine and the European Union;
  • to develop skills in assessing the economic feasibility of implementing blockchain technologies;
  • to teach students to identify risks associated with cryptocurrencies and decentralized platforms;
  • to develop the ability to integrate blockchain technologies into enterprise business processes;

  • to foster analytical thinking concerning the digital transformation of financial systems.

Рекомендована література

Core Reading:

  1. Antonopoulos A. M. Mastering Bitcoin: Programming the Open Blockchain. 2nd ed. Sebastopol: O’Reilly Media, 2017. 416 p.
  2. Antonopoulos A. M., Wood G. Mastering Ethereum: Building Smart Contracts and DApps. Sebastopol: O’Reilly Media, 2018. 408 p.
  3. Nakamoto S. Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System [Electronic resource]. 2008. Available at: https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf.
  4. Tapscott D., Tapscott A. Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin Is Changing Money, Business, and the World. New York: Penguin Random House, 2016. 384 p.
  5. Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine. Virtual Assets and Blockchain in Ukraine: An Analytical Review [Electronic resource]. Kyiv, 2021. Available at: https://thedigital.gov.ua.
  6. National Bank of Ukraine. Virtual Assets and Digital Finance: Analytical Materials [Electronic resource]. Kyiv, 2022. Available at: https://bank.gov.ua.
  7. World Economic Forum. Blockchain Beyond the Hype: A Practical Framework for Business Leaders [Electronic resource]. Geneva, 2018. Available at: https://www.weforum.org.
  8. Narayanan A., Bonneau J., Felten E., Miller A., Goldfeder S. Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016. 336 p.
  9. Law of Ukraine “On Virtual Assets” [Electronic resource]. Available at: https://zakon.rada.gov.ua.
  10. Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 [Electronic resource]. Available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu.

Supplementary Reading:

  1. Kravchuk V., Koziuk V. Cryptocurrencies: Financial Innovations or a Threat to Monetary Stability? Visnyk of the National Bank of Ukraine. 2018. No. 245. P. 12–27.
  2. Dubyna M. V. Blockchain as an Institutional Foundation of the Digital Economy. Economic Space. 2020. No. 154. P. 45–52.
  3. Shevchenko O. O. Legal Regulation of Virtual Asset Circulation in Ukraine. Financial Law. 2021. No. 2. P. 33–41.
  4. Ukrainian Institute for the Future. Web3 and Digital Finance: Development Scenarios for Ukraine [Electronic resource]. Kyiv, 2022. Available at: https://uifuture.org.
  5. National Institute for Strategic Studies. Cryptocurrencies and the Financial Security of the State [Electronic resource]. Kyiv, 2021. Available at: https://niss.gov.ua.
  6. Yermack D. Corporate Governance and Blockchains. Review of Finance. 2017. Vol. 21, No. 1. P. 7–31.
  7. Zetzsche D. A., Buckley R. P., Arner D. W., Föhr L. The ICO Gold Rush. Harvard International Law Journal. 2019. Vol. 60, No. 2. P. 263–312.
  8. Gudgeon L., Perez D., Harz D., Livshits B., Gervais A. The Decentralized Financial Crisis. IEEE Security & Privacy. 2020. Vol. 18, No. 2. P. 45–53.
  9. Kshetri N. Blockchain’s Roles in Strengthening Cybersecurity and Protecting Privacy. Telecommunications Policy. 2017. Vol. 41, No. 10. P. 1027–1038.
  10. Catalini C., Gans J. Some Simple Economics of the Blockchain. MIT Sloan Research Paper. 2016.
  11. Blockchain Technology and Its Use in the Public Sector [Electronic resource]. Paris: OECD Publishing, 2020. Available at: https://www.oecd.org.
  12. Virtual Assets and Virtual Asset Service Providers: Guidance [Electronic resource]. 2021. Available at: https://www.fatf-gafi.org.

Online Resources:

  1. Bitcoin.org — https://bitcoin.org.
  2. Ethereum Foundation — https://ethereum.org.
  3. CoinMarketCap — https://coinmarketcap.com.
  4. CoinDesk Research — https://www.coindesk.com/research.
  5. Chainalysis — https://www.chainalysis.com.
  6. World Economic Forum — https://www.weforum.org.
  7. OECD — https://www.oecd.org.
  8. National Bank of Ukraine — https://bank.gov.ua.
  9. Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine — https://zakon.rada.gov.ua.
  10. Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine — https://thedigital.gov.ua.
  11. Diia.Education — https://osvita.diia.gov.ua.
  12. Ukrainian Institute for the Future — https://uifuture.org.

  13. Coursera — https://www.coursera.org.

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