Greetings from Nairobi.

This was an excellent course on the introduction to Decentralized Finance. The instructor is very engaging and knowledgeable in the subject matter, na.

I also recommend his Blockchain Business Models course here on Coursera, that should be taken together with these DeFi series courses to help one understand blockchain, and appreciate the changing nature of the financial services industry.

Great content! Great professor!

Cheers.

I have fore-read about blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies, yet, this course was an excellent way to structure and review my knowledge. I am sure to join the next course of this specialization!

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.

Great course! It does help that I am a finance student with a little bit of running knowledge of economics, and traditional finance. Also helps me see the centralized system from another angle!

A good part 1 of the overall course! It's hard to find consolidated knowledge of DeFi browsing on Twitter, so this is very useful to understand the full scope of the field.

Great Course

Good introduction course into the blockchain space. It clarified a lot of the terminology and basic bones of the technology for me. The professor seems really knowledgeable and cool, frankly. It paced perfectly, and I was able to retain a great deal of the information and pass the quizzes without taking notes.

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

The course largely follows the instructor's book albeit with an easier to follow introduction. As such, this first course is an overview and it gets us ready for the information to follow.

Very thorough foundational course! I also loved being able to download notes & slides to go back and reference.

Great first step into the DeFi space. Gets going with main concepts, how things work and the general picture.

An excellent entry level course into the rapidly growing world of decentralized finance.

Professor Harvey does a great job explaining the topic.

The contact although basilar, has a good quality. The form is very simple, maybe too simple. Professor is definitely well prepared on the topic, but he lacks in empaty to transfer knowledge to students. The result is no more than a slide reasding, that can be accomplished in 30-40mins for the whole course. The general idea of the course is good, but seems poorly presented.

I think the course gives a good introduction to DeFi. However I found it a little bit messy. I found some concepts are poorly or even not explained.

Excellent course! Highly recommended. I took this course as part of the four course specialization. Professor Harvey does an excellent job explaining many nuances to DeFi.

He uses a combination of powerpoint, visuals, analogies and case studies to make the content understandable. The professor teaches with clarity, and passion yet treats the subject fairly offering alternative points of view about the opportunities and risks of DeFi as compared to the current financial system.

I have been introduced to the cryptocurrency and DeFi space a little over 6 months ago. Since that time, I have "fallen down the rabbit hole" so to speak and cannot learn enough about it. These courses provide a strong foundation to explore further for personal investing, and or a career in the space.

Unlike the other courses I took on Coursera related to blockchain and cryptocurriencies (which were also pretty good), these courses felt much more up to date than the others. Being up to date in this space is essential because one year is like 10 years of another field in terms of innovation and how fast the landscape changes.

Specific to this course, it was a very helpful foundation to start with related to DeFi. Once finished with this course, I couldn't wait to jump into the others.

Duke does it yet again! After five courses from Duke, over the past five years I can say I've taken as many courses from this institution over any other post graduate institution aside from my alma maters for my BA & MA. I took this particular course to see how I'd legislate decentralized finance as an office holder via policy. When I discovered that the instructor was 'pro-crypto,' I felt he would be at odds with some of my perspectives on the subject. His zeal but humility for the subject gave me a newfound understanding and even empathy for those who want to use decentralized finance. If I ever win office, I will have a better understanding in how to place guard rails in this sector of our finance while not trying to be so oppositional. I will be more apt to listen instead of condemn. Who knows, maybe I can call Dr. Harvey in as a testimony if I ever get to Congress? Great job Coursera, Duke! -John

Me ha sorprendido gratamente el meticuloso y bien estructurado contenido de este curso. Abarca desde el conocimiento más básico hasta avanzar en la explicación de los aspectos más aridos, haciéndolo de forma bastante sencilla, comprensible. y didáctica. Contiene buenos ejemplos para ser contrastados con la realidad actual, aunado a que se nota el esfuerzo por mostrar el estado de arte más reciente dentro del conjunto complicado de innovaciones que se vienen dando en DeFi como respuesta mejorada a lo que ocurre en las finanzas tradicionales.

Very Informative course and very well explained. Great course if you want to learn what DeFi is and where its heading. No prior knowledge nessecary although it will help, all you need is the aptitude to learn. Keep watching the course videos until you grasp the concepts. i had to watch some videos more than once until the infromation was finally cemented in my brain. Thanks to Professor Campbell R. Harvey for explaining everything in an easy to understand way. Looking forward to course two.

Being a novice, this course is extremely helpful for me to understand the basic terms related to DeFi. This apart, this also introduces me to the overall framework of how various DeFi assets operate. Definitely, there are current challenges associated with the technology. But with the pace of technological progress, these obstacles will also be removed, so that it will remain a wonderful solution to so many financial problems, especially the lending and borrowing mechanism.