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# Researcher Week 5 — Deconstruct Blockchain Systems

This week teaches learners to reconstruct an unfamiliar system from its
documents, architecture, mechanisms, incentives and failure paths. The examples
are training cases, not permanent domains.

Each Part has one lightweight, reviewable hands-on task worth **100 points**.
Detailed Core material and task instructions are in development for the
Education team.

**There is no separate weekly submission.** These six Part tasks are the
assessed progress evidence for this week.

| Part | Planned title | Task status |
|---:|---|---|
| 1 | Whitepaper → System Model | In development |
| 2 | Architecture, State and Trust Reconstruction | In development |
| 3 | Mechanism and Market Design | In development |
| 4 | Collateral, Credit and Economic Risk | In development |
| 5 | Token and Incentive Economics | In development |
| 6 | System Economics and Failure Propagation | In development |

**Assessment:** 6 Part tasks × 100 points = **600 points**. Completion is
binary; incomplete or materially incorrect work is returned for revision.