Assignment

A1 — Coin Intent (Week 1)

In one sentence. On one page, name the club, the problem, and what one coin stands for. No code.

Tonight after class. Open a blank page. Put names at the top. Copy the six headings below. Fill each in plain words. Export PDF. That is the whole assignment.

Stuck? Open the handbook → Session 1 (three jobs, ledger, asset vs promise). If a sentence uses “blockchain” as the reason the coin exists, rewrite it. Need to see the shape of a one-pager? Read the SAMPLE laundry time-bank — steal the headings, not the dorm story.

You will not

• write code or draw ticker art
• need a wallet yet
• design a coin that only your friends may hold (unless you explain an allowlist)
• treat price speculation as the main job

You will (use these exact headings)

1. Community — Who is in? Who is out? How does someone join?
2. Problem — One sentence. A payment or coordination problem — not “we want a blockchain.”
3. Unit of account — Do people think in CLASSUSD, in your coin, or in a real good (hours, coffees)? Why?
4. What the coin is — Treasure for the holder and a promise by whom?
5. Supply idea — Who may create units, what caps them, what retires them? (Draft only; A2 locks this.)
6. How classmates will use it by Week 4 — One concrete trade (example: 30 minutes of tutoring).

Pick a shape from Session 1 if you need one: time-bank, campus voucher, Sarafu-style local money, SME trade credit, or loyalty.

If you cannot name the community and the problem, you do not get a token in Week 3. That is the whole assignment.