Fintech Blockchain and Cryptocurrency

In-class lab · 62 minutes

Session 7 — Payments: unit vs rail (in-class lab)

In one sentence. CLASSUSD is the yardstick; your coin is the rail. Start the circulation log.

WhenWeek 4, first meeting · 62 minutes
Open in classnotebooks/sessions/S07_payments.ipynb — GitHub
If you missed classHandbook → Session 7
TonightA4 log starts. Each student needs ≥5 peer txs + ≥1 payment for a defined good by end of Week 4.

You will (in class)

  1. Run the unit-vs-rail Demo; finish pay() so the rail updates.
  2. 10-minute live market: actually send a teammate’s coin.
  3. Open the shared circulation sheet.

After class

Keep logging. A4 + L2 due end of Week 4.

You will not

  • confuse the unit (CLASSUSD) with the rail (your token)