Title slates

Welcome; course introduction

Readings for class

A history lesson to give context

Cryptography is communication in the presence of adversaries

List of digital currencies that failed between 1989 and 1999

What blockchain is

Pizza for bitcoins

Blockchain technology

Role of money and finance

Financial sector problems and blockchain potential opportunities

Financial sector issues with blockchain technology and what the financial sector favors

Public policy framework

The duck test

Incumbents eyeing crypto finance

Financial sector potential use cases

Larry Lessig's book "code and other laws of cyberspace"

Outline of all classes

Study questions

Readings and video

Conclusions

Questions

Credits

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MIT 15.S12 Blockchain and Money, Fall 2018
Instructor: Prof. Gary Gensler
View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/15-S12F18
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This lecture provides an introduction to the course and to blockchain technology.

Chapters
0:00 Title slates
0:20 Welcome; course introduction
4:15 Readings for class
5:13 A history lesson to give context
9:22 Cryptography is communication in the presence of adversaries 
12:14 List of digital currencies that failed between 1989 and 1999
15:38 What blockchain is
19:26 Pizza for bitcoins
21:37 Blockchain technology
22:41 Role of money and finance
26:40 Financial sector problems and blockchain potential opportunities
28:44 Financial sector issues with blockchain technology and what the financial sector favors
35:00 Public policy framework
36:46 The duck test
37:25 Incumbents eyeing crypto finance
39:35 Financial sector potential use cases
41:57 Larry Lessig's book "code and other laws of cyberspace"
48:46 Outline of all classes
49:08 Study questions
50:55 Readings and video
52:04 Conclusions
55:13 Questions
1:01:42 Credits

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