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Blockchain and Money

Subjects: Computer Science · Finance · Management · Science · Technology

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Instructor: Prof. Gary Gensler
Term: Fall 2018
Level: Graduate
What's inside: 23 videos · 1 reading · 47 other files · 6 web pages
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Blockchain and Money

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Session 1: Introduction

Session 2: Money, Ledgers, and Bitcoin

Session 3: Blockchain Basics & Cryptography

Session 4: Blockchain Basics and Consensus

Session 5: Blockchain Basics and Transactions, UTXO, and Script Code

Session 6: Smart Contracts and DApps

Session 7: Technical Challenges

Session 8: Public Policy

Session 9: Permissioned Systems

Session 10: Financial System Challenges and Opportunities

Session 11: Blockchain Economics

Session 12: Assessing Use Cases

Session 13: Payments, Part 1

Session 14: Payments, Part 2

Session 15: Central Banks & Commercial Banking, Part 1

Session 16: Central Banks & Commercial Banking, Part 2

Session 17: Secondary Markets and Crypto-Exchanges

Session 19: Primary Markets, ICOs, & Venture Capital, Part 1

Session 20: Primary Markets, ICOs, & Venture Capital, Part 2

Session 21: Post Trade Clearing, Settlement, & Processing

Session 22: Trade Finance & Supply Chain

Session 23: Digital ID

Session 24: Conclusion