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15.S12 Blockchain and Money

15.S12 Blockchain and Money (Fall 2018, MIT OCW). Instructor: Prof. Gary Gensler. 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. (from ocw.mit.edu)

Lecture 02 - Money, Ledgers, and Bitcoin

In this lecture, Prof. Gensler discusses the history of money, ledgers, fiat currency, central banking, early digital money, and mobile payments.

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Lecture 01 - Introduction

Lecture 02 - Money, Ledgers, and Bitcoin

Lecture 03 - Blockchain Basics and Cryptography

Lecture 04 - Blockchain Basics and Consensus

Lecture 05 - Blockchain Basics and Transactions, UTXO, and Script Code

Lecture 06 - Smart Contracts and DApps

Lecture 07 - Technical Challenges

Lecture 08 - Public Policy

Lecture 09 - Permissioned Systems

Lecture 10 - Financial System Challenges and Opportunities

Lecture 11 - Blockchain Economics

Lecture 12 - Assessing Use Cases

Lecture 13 - Payments, Part 1

Lecture 14 - Payments, Part 2

Lecture 15 - Central Banks and Commercial Banking, Part 1

Lecture 16 - Central Banks and Commercial Banking, Part 2

Lecture 17 - Secondary Markets and Crypto-Exchanges

Lecture 18

Lecture 19 - Primary Markets, ICOs and Venture Capital, Part 1

Lecture 20 - Primary Markets, ICOs and Venture Capital, Part 2

Lecture 21 - Post Trade Clearing, Settlement and Processing

Lecture 22 - Trade Finance and Supply Chain

Lecture 23 - Digital ID

Lecture 24 - Conclusion