MIT course on Blockchain and Money (Prof. Gary Gensler)

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.

Overview

Part 1

1. Review of technology’s initial application
2. The cryptocurrency Bitcoin,
3. Commercial, technical and public policy fundamentals of blockchain technology
4. Distributed ledgers and smart contracts in both open sourced and private applications.

Part 2

1. Current and potential blockchain applications in the financial sector.

This will include reviews of potential use cases for payment systems, central banking, venture capital, secondary market trading, trade finance, commercial banking, post trade possessing and digital ID.

Part 3

Exploring markets and regulatory landscape for cryptocurrencies, initial coin offerings, other tokens and crypto derivatives.