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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Infrastructure by Duke University

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About the Course

Decentralized Finance: The Future of Finance is a set of four courses taught by Campbell R. Harvey (Professor of Finance at the Fuqua School of
Business, Duke University, and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research) that focus on decentralized finance (DeFi).
In this first course, we begin by exploring the origins of DeFi and take a broad historical view from the earliest barter economies, such as the
first peer-to-peer exchanges of bartering, to present day. The course also looks at historical examples of money having value even though it is
not officially backed. We then focus on the key infrastructure components: blockchain, cryptocurrency, smart contracts, ora...
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Top reviews

TN

Apr 12, 2022

Great introduction into DeFi, the professor walks us through key definitions, a bit of history, potential applications and common misunderstandings about this space. Good launching pad to dive deeper

VF

Jan 5, 2022

Everybody who wants to quickly get around all these new and exciting decentrilized technologies is advised to take the series of courses. Info provided is deep enough, easy to grasp, and concise.

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By Renee

May 16, 2022

instructor is excellant. I had a basic knowledge but now I can structure my thoughts and how I communicate Blockchain. I am so exciteed to learn more!

By Roger K

Feb 6, 2023

Enjoyed the entire course, especially module 4 "misunderstandings." Presented a nice high-level overview of negative topics and mitigants.

By Ricardo H

Mar 17, 2022

I am very please with this course. The professor is amazing! The concepts are revolutionary. I am very glad, I am able to take this course.

By Sing K D M

Oct 5, 2024

The course is easy to understand and teaches me a lot, the coverage is wide but the depth is okay, so hopefully everyone could understand!

By Gustavo F

Mar 10, 2023

Excelente curso, pude incorporar y reafirmar conceptos sobre esta nueva tecnologia logrando un conocimiento mas profundo sobre DeFi y DLT.

By Praveen U

Apr 2, 2022

Good course. Kind of a refresher for people like who who know blockchain. However, the concepts are well articulated and the pace is good.

By hacobo b

Jan 30, 2022

THIS IS A GREAT COURSE, VERY WELL EXPLAINED, THE TEACHER DOES REALLY WELL DOING ANALOGES WHILE GOING TROUGH CONCEPTS, I RECOMMEND IT 100%

By Hitan C

Apr 6, 2023

Awesome introductory course, many topics delightfully treated, quite enjoyable course, informative and easy to get knowledge about DeFi.

By Adriana C

Feb 13, 2022

Excelente curso, puedes comprender las bases de la criptomonoeda y la diferencia entre Bircoin y o¿los smartcontracts, además del DeFi.

By Michael O

Jan 15, 2022

Very interesting, straightforward and instructive course. Only wish there would be a little more about protocols besides PoW and PoS.

By Adem

Aug 12, 2023

As an operator in the space, this is a great course to get yourself up to speed. Cannot wait to continue with the specialization.

By Craig K

Jan 10, 2023

The course was very insightful and useful. The way the instructor explains the material makes the technical stuff easy to digest.

By Ash T

Apr 4, 2022

The world is changing rapidly and a course like this should be taught by every college/university. Very relevant and informative!

By Caroline G

Mar 22, 2022

Very good introduction. It eases you progressively to get a grasp with the terms and how the system works for the next chapters.

By Pablo C

Apr 26, 2024

Loved this couse. Informative. Good pace. Completed it in one week with a couple hours/day. Looking forwards to the next parts.

By Tibor T

Apr 25, 2022

Very good course. Covering so many new concepts that I haven't been avare of at such details and with such interconnectivity.

By ফজলে র ( R

May 18, 2023

It's very helpful and understandable. Thanks for making this course so easy to understand for non computer science students.

By Talha K B

Apr 26, 2023

It has given me the path to understand what the world could be with DeFi with keeping in mind the major role of CeFi.

By Andrei C

Feb 1, 2023

Fantastic. Prof. Harvey's style of explanation is excellent.

Thoroughly enjoyed the course and the quizes.

Thank you.

By Nikita K

Oct 30, 2022

This course is higly recommended for those taking their first step into the world of crypto, blockchain and DeFi.

By Copy W

Jan 30, 2022

It's a very useful course. I think everyone will learn a lot in this course, thank you so much for the opportunity

By Nicola P

Mar 5, 2022

Good pacing, wonderful content and easy to understand! Although a little too basic but overall a great foundation

By Daniel B

Feb 17, 2022

Excelente Material. In clusive teniendo la barrera del idioma pude entender el lenguaje tecnico del instructor

By Andrew A

Jan 5, 2022

Loved this first of four courses in the series! The teacher is engaging and makes things simple to understand.

By miguel b

Apr 9, 2022

The course covers basics , but has the advantage of taking th whole system globally so better to understand