Date and Location

February 10, 2025
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM ET
Taubman 520, Allison Dining Room

Contact

617-495-5994

The Digital Assets Policy Project is pleased to once again sponsor a hands-on workshop covering the basics of Web3. This was extremely popular when offered in 2023 and 2024. 

No previous background knowledge or use of blockchain, crypto or Web3 is required. This is the workshop to attend not only if you want to learn the basics of blockchain, but also learn how to mint your own token and create your own decentralized autonomous organization or DAO. 


The workshop will explain the basics of Web3, blockchain and crypto. Participants should bring their laptops as they will be guided through the steps to create a crypto wallet, buy and sell crypto assets and explore the Web3 world, including how to access different blockchains and understand the data that is available. 


Then, participants will learn how to mint their own token, offer it for sale and begin trading live. They will also learn how to create their own DAO, the vehicle for launching a Web3 business. 


Instructors: The lead instructor is Steve Derezinski, who has taught Blockchain Ventures at MIT Media Lab, Babson and MIT Bitcoin club, and has been involved in blockchain since 2016. He taught the workshop at HKS in prior years, and it is based on the semester-long classes he taught. He has an S.B. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT and an MBA from Sloan. 


Steve will be assisted by Colfax Selby, a software developer who has also been involved in blockchain for several years. He currently works with Privy, which provides tools for developers to authenticate and onboard users to Web3 applications, including creating and funding wallets.


The workshop will begin at 6pm. There will be a short break at 7pm when dinner will be offered. During this time the instructors will be making sure all participants have been able to create accounts and will fund those accounts with tokens for class use. 


This workshop does not constitute and will not offer investment or legal advice. The Digital Assets Policy Project is not encouraging anyone to invest in crypto-assets, which are largely unregulated, volatile in price, and pose a high risk of loss. This workshop is offered for the purpose of helping students understand how the technology works, not to promote its use for investment or any other purpose. Any views expressed by the instructors are their own views and do not represent the views of the DAPP or HKS.

Speakers and Presenters

Presented by Stephen Derezinski, MIT Media Lab;
with Colfax Selby, Software Developer

Organizer

Digital Assets Policy Project

Co-Organizer