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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Guys , what are the prerequisites for this course?
any one got the slides ?
Interesting
know it. First, thousands of time listening to the lesson.
LOL This professor did not knew Indians had UPI the best mobile to mobile transfer free of cost … traceble and reversible before crypto currency came into place. And that is not as power-hungry as block chain… Simple code is better code
blockchain will bring catastrophe
Knowing what kinds of cryptocurrency tokens are out there or just their names (xrp ogn, btc) and what they're used for isn't enough
to be honest, the success of Alipay is nothing related to the unbanked ratio of population in China.
Wish something like this was out in 2010, I would have been a millionaire now many times over.
10:00
Introduction to "Every Crypto is a Security" smh!
What is blockchain
Bet the computer scientist from florida will never eat pizza again
Why does this remind me of "all your base are belong to us"?
Quadrillions of dollars in derivatives and other paper assets. Just shows you how much money can come chasing precious metals, crypto and other hard assets.
Can someone comment key takeaways please
What is XRP?
"write down what you want to learn." OKay how about wtf is a security and what is not. pretty important and still no clarity(by design) imho
Undercover Gary , to take it down from the inside.