2026 Spring
This course focuses on the integration of blockchain and generative AI, exploring how these two technologies can interact and complement each other. In the blockchain segment, it delves deeply into the technical aspects and philosophical foundations of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, offering insights into the distribution of wealth and the future of financial systems. The generative AI section examines Transformer-based models like GPT, LLaMA, and DeepSeek, exploring the advancements in AI and methods to enhance productivity. The course aims to explore new technological and economic possibilities through the convergence of these two innovative technologies, providing students with forward-thinking skills and problem-solving abilities.
Professor: Heung-No Lee
Office: EECS Building C: Room 204, Room 316, Room 317,
GIST Blockchain Intelligence Convergence Center
Class meeting days and hours: MW 9:00 – 10:20
Classroom: EECS Building B, Room 201
2025 Term Project Results: GitHub repository
Class Drive: Google Drive
Class Schedule
| Monday | Wednesday | ||
| 1 | 3/2 Holiday |
3/4 Introduction Note 1 |
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| 2 | 3/9 – 2008 Financial Crisis and Fed’s Response – Federal Reserve System – Bretton Woods – Nixon’s end of Gold Standard 1971 Lecture Note: PDF |
3/11 – Understanding Trump’s Economic Policy (PDF) – Can Bitcoin Reserve Solve Triffin Dilemma? (PDF) – Hayek and Bitcoin (PDF) Ref: Trump’s CEA Advisor Stephen Miran’s Report “Restructuring the Global Trading System.” (PDF) |
HW 1 |
| 3 | 3/16 Bitcoin White Paper (PDF) Bitcoin Fundamentals (PDF) |
3/18 Bitcoin 1 STAR MOOC Lectures (Course link) STAR MOOC Slides (PDF) |
HW 2 |
| 4 | 3/23 Bitcoin 2 (YouTube) |
3/25 Ethereum White Paper (Link) Ethereum Intro (PDF) |
Quiz#1 |
| 5 | 3/30 Ethereum Intro 2 |
4/1 Ethereum Intro 3 |
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| 6 | 4/6 Intro to WorldLand EVM Programming Environment Setup |
4/8 Solidity Programming – Remix IDE – ERC-20 토큰 – ERC-721 NFT |
Quiz#2 |
| 7 | 4/13 Interesting dApps – Dice Game – DEX |
4/15 Midterm Prep YouTube: Video |
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| 8 | 4/20 Midterm 09:00 – 10:20 B201 |
4/22 |
Midterm Week |
| 9 | 4/27 Introduction to OpenClaw (PDF) |
4/29 My AI Network (PDF) NotebookLM Podcast (Audio) |
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| 10 | 5/4 Understanding Transformer (Q, K, V, FFN) (EN note, Talk) (KO note, Talk) |
5/6 Decoder-only Transformer (EN note, Talk) (KO note, Talk) DeepSeek (Slides, PDF) (EN note, Talk) (KO note, Talk) |
HW3 |
| 11 | 5/11 From Transformer to Agentic AI — models, memory, & hardware (1) Short Slides (PDF) |
5/13 From Transformer to Agentic AI — models, memory, & hardware (2) Notes (PDF) |
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| 12 | 5/18 L1: Building AI Butler (PDF) |
5/20 L2: MCP for OpenClaw (PDF) |
HW5 |
| 13 | 5/25 Observed Holiday for Buddha’s Birthday Due via e-mail one-page term project proposal |
5/27 L3: Google Agent to Agent Protocol + x402 (PDF) |
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| 14 | 6/1 L4: Agentic AI Creator Day (PDF) |
6/3 (District Election Day) |
HW6 |
| 15 | 6/8 Student Presentations (four teams) |
6/10 Student Presentations (three teams) |
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| 16 | 6/15 |
6/17 Final Project Due Term Project: GitHub Repository |
Final Exam Week |