A preliminary schedule and reading list for 6.S974, Decentralized Applications, Fall 2018:
| Tue Sep 4 | Registration Day | ||
| Thu Sep 6 | Introduction | notes | |
| Tue Sep 11 | Introduction | Blockstack | Lab 1 is due today. notes |
| Thu Sep 13 | Access Control | Sirius | Also A Critical Look, focusing on Section 4. notes |
| Tue Sep 18 | Access Control | Keybase and KBFS | |
| Thu Sep 20 | Consistency | SPORC | Also the first 3 1/2 pages of SUNDR. |
| Tue Sep 25 | Consistency | Frientegrity | Lab 2 is due today. |
| Thu Sep 27 | Queries | Mylar | Project proposals are due Friday Sep 28. |
| Tue Oct 2 | Block Chain | Ethereum | Do this voting tutorial. |
| Thu Oct 4 | Block Chain | Algorand | |
| Tue Oct 9 | Columbus Day | ||
| Thu Oct 11 | No Class | ||
| Tue Oct 16 | DHTs | IPFS | |
| Thu Oct 18 | DHTs | KAD, POST, ePOST | |
| Tue Oct 23 | Project Conferences (1) | ||
| Thu Oct 25 | Project Conferences (1) | ||
| Tue Oct 30 | Storage Integrity | Verena | |
| Thu Nov 1 | Storage Market | Storj | |
| Tue Nov 6 | Social Networks | Solid | |
| Thu Nov 8 | Social Networks | DECENT | |
| Tue Nov 13 | Project Conferences (2) | ||
| Thu Nov 15 | Project Conferences (2) | ||
| Tue Nov 20 | Social Networks | Snake | |
| Thu Nov 22 | Thanksgiving | ||
| Tue Nov 27 | Identity | OpenID | |
| Thu Nov 29 | Identity | CONIKS | |
| Tue Dec 4 | Access Control | BStore | |
| Thu Dec 6 | Access Control | Upspin | Project reports are due Friday Dec 7th. |
| Tue Dec 11 | Project Presentations |