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.

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November 3, 2022

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Description

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.

Course Curriculum

  • Introduction Unlimited
  • Money, Ledgers, and Bitcoin Unlimited
  • Blockchain Basics and Cryptography Unlimited
  • Blockchain Basics and Consensus Unlimited
  • Blockchain Basics and Transactions, UTXO, and Script Code Unlimited
  • Smart Contracts and DApps Unlimited
  • Smart Contracts Unlimited
  • Technical Challenges Unlimited
  • Public Policy Unlimited
  • Permissioned Systems Unlimited
  • Financial System Challenges and Opportunities Unlimited
  • Blockchain Economics Unlimited
  • Assessing Use Cases Unlimited
  • Payments, Part 1 Unlimited
  • Payments, Part 2 Unlimited
  • Central Banks and Commercial Banking, Part 1 Unlimited
  • Central Banks and Commercial Banking, Part 2 Unlimited
  • Secondary Markets and Crypto-Exchanges Unlimited
  • Primary Markets, ICOs, and Venture Capital, Part 1 Unlimited
  • Primary Markets, ICOs, and Venture Capital, Part 2 Unlimited
  • Post Trade Clearing, Settlement, and Processing Unlimited
  • Trade Finance and Supply Chain Unlimited
  • Digital ID Unlimited
  • Conclusion Unlimited

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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666 years, 7 months

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