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Took the class on Cousera and it was very informative. I often reference the book as well. To be honest, it wasn't the technical aspects of the class but the "political economy" implications of crypto-anarchy that were particularly fascinating. At the time, the Isle of Man regulations had just come out as the first attempt to integrate bitcoin into the market. Prof. Felten's mild pushback against the consequences of a shadow, unregulated monetary system really moderated my own opinions. I would love to see a deeper historical framing of digital money as a way to think about the future.

The recent Filecoin ICO has also gotten attention. And this might be a good place to jump off for a second course: "Applied Crypto Entrepreneurship". How to package, market and sell your existing computing resources, knowledge and skills for financial gain and social good. How blockchains and DLTs can be used not just to encode trust, but transactions for all digital goods and data. Even a section on using machine learning for time series analysis and building algorithmic trading bots. And also including lots of practical exercises in smart contract development and introductions to third-party tools, APIs and BaaS platforms.

Good luck and looking forward to seeing the next version! I'd say you've really got your work cut out for you trying to stay up-to-date on this ever shifting foundation.