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Blockchain and Money

Prof. Gary Gensler · Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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About

This course is for students wishing to explore blockchain technology’s potential use—by entrepreneurs and incumbents—to change the world of money and finance. The course begins with a review of Bitcoin and an understanding of the commercial, technical, and public policy fundamentals of blockchain technology, distributed ledgers, and smart contracts. The class then continues on to current and potential blockchain applications in the financial sector.

Lectures

Video Lectures

  1. Session 1: Introduction 1 h 3 min · Video
  2. Session 2: Money, Ledgers, and Bitcoin 1 h 19 min · Video
  3. Session 3: Blockchain Basics & Cryptography 1 h 18 min · Video
  4. Session 4: Blockchain Basics and Consensus 1 h 16 min · Video
  5. Session 5: Blockchain Basics and Transactions, UTXO, and Script Code 1 h 17 min · Video
  6. Session 6: Smart Contracts and DApps 1 h 23 min · Video
  7. Session 7: Technical Challenges 1 h 22 min · Video
  8. Session 8: Public Policy 1 h 17 min · Video
  9. Session 9: Permissioned Systems 1 h 22 min · Video
  10. Session 10: Financial System Challenges and Opportunities 1 h 22 min · Video
  11. Session 11: Blockchain Economics 1 h 18 min · Video
  12. Session 12: Assessing Use Cases 1 h 16 min · Video
  13. Session 13: Payments, Part 1 1 h 21 min · Video
  14. Session 14: Payments, Part 2 1 h 19 min · Video
  15. Session 15: Central Banks & Commercial Banking, Part 1 1 h 22 min · Video
  16. Session 16: Central Banks & Commercial Banking, Part 2 1 h 20 min · Video
  17. Session 17: Secondary Markets and Crypto-Exchanges 1 h 18 min · Video
  18. Session 19: Primary Markets, ICOs, & Venture Capital, Part 1 1 h 1 min · Video
  19. Session 20: Primary Markets, ICOs, & Venture Capital, Part 2 1 h 21 min · Video
  20. Session 21: Post Trade Clearing, Settlement, & Processing 1 h 18 min · Video
  21. Session 22: Trade Finance & Supply Chain 1 h 11 min · Video
  22. Session 23: Digital ID 1 h 14 min · Video
  23. Session 24: Conclusion 1 h 7 min · Video

Syllabus and materials

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Credits and licence

Institution
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department
Sloan School of Management
Teacher
Prof. Gary Gensler
Term
Fall 2018
Level
Graduate
Language
English
Subjects
Computer science, Engineering, Economics, Business and management
Source
MIT OpenCourseWare
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, as MIT OpenCourseWare states it. Non-commercial use only. MIT OpenCourseWare's terms
Attribution
Prof. Gary Gensler. Blockchain and Money. Fall 2018. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu/. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.
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