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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 13 - Payments, Part 1

Prof. Gensler discusses major trends in payment systems, lessons that can be learned from non-blockchain payment innovations, and the challenges and opportunities in current payment system architecture.


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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