Key methods and helpful links

1. Transaction costs theory. Institutional economics approach.
   • Coase, R. H. (1937). The Nature of the Firm. Economica, New Series, 4(16)
   • Christian Catalini & Joshua S. Gans, 2020. "Some simple economics of the blockchain," Communications of the ACM, vol 63(7), pages 80-90.
   • Transformation of the Transaction Cost and the Agency Cost in an Organization and the Applicability of Blockchain—A Case Study of Peer-to-Peer Insurance
   • Blockchain economics: The Prysm Group house
2. Last mile problem
   • Blockchain technology beyond cryptocurrencies: the future of the last-mile delivery autonomous solutions
3. DLT general structure: Concept by D.W. Birch: 4Cs.
4. Business models:

   • Framework for digital business models

   • Barykin, S. Y., Kapustina, I. V., Kirillova, T. V., Yadykin, V. K., & Konnikov, Y. A. (2020). Economics of Digital Ecosystems. Journal of Open Innovation, 68(4), 1–16 https://doi.org/10.3390/joitmc6040124

   • 4 choices for entrepreneurial strategy:

     Harvard Business Review article, Do Entrepreneurs Need a Strategy?

     The Foundations for Entrepreneurial Strategy.

   • Blockchain canvas

5. Regulation
   • Regulatory sandbox https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/regulatory-sandbox/regulatory-sandbox-cohort-7
   • Ricardian contracts https://medium.com/@blockchain_simplified/smart-contracts-on-blockchain-vs-ricardian-contracts-281dc04e5d90
   • EU blockchain regulation https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2019/634445/EPRS_STU(2019)634445_EN.pdf
   • Tapscott, D. (2018, August). 2018 Blockchain Regulation Roundtable: Addressing the Regulatory Challenges of Disruptive Innovation. Summary of Proceedings. Blockchain Research Institute.

Developer sandbox and practical frameworks (learn how to build)

• Questbook: Solana, Ethereum, Polygon, NEAR
• NEAR: Academy & Courses, Rust (in russian)
• Ethereum: Cryptozombies tutorial for Web3, Sandbox
• DappUniversity
• Encode Club

Book Highlights

1. THE BUSINESS BLOCKCHAIN: Promise, Practice, and Application of the Next Internet Technology
   • Chapter 3. Obstacles, challenges, mental blocks (see ~p.83 for a table with criteria)
   • A general approach to blockchain functionality + high-level architecture (~p. 138 and further)
   • 13 STRATEGIES FOR CIOS AND CORPORATE EXECUTIVES (~p.144)
2. Mastering blockchain
   • The decentralization framework (Chapter 2, p.47+)
3. Token Economy: How the Web3 reinvents the Internet

• Chapters Tokens + Token Engineering

Week 1 Intro

• consider Gartner’s prognosis on blockchain technology.

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