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Blockchain and the Design of Financial Systems

Massachusetts Institute of Technology via MIT OpenCourseWare

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This course synthesizes the computer science technologies underlying cryptocurrency, blockchain, tokenization, platforms, and computational algorithms with the economics tools of contract theory, mechanism design, general equilibrium theory, and monetary theory. The goal is to understand the assumptions, existing shortcomings, and potential impact on legacy systems of distributed ledgers, smart contracts, and encryption and to explore possibilities for new financial designs and for regulation.

Syllabus

Lecture 1: Introduction to 14.129 Blockchain and Design of Financial Systems
Lecture 2: Blockchain as a Database
Lecture 3: Distributed Ledger as a Solution to an Information Problem
Lecture 4: Smart Contracts as a Solution to a Coordination Problem
Lecture 5: Tokenized and Programmable Assets
Lecture 6: Multilateral Trade Credit Set-off
Lecture 7: Stochastic Financial Networks
Lecture 8: Mechanism Design and Incentives vs. Protocols and Notions of Trust
Lecture 9: Modern Encryption: Key Concepts
Lecture 10: Designs of Financial Infrastructure Utilizing Encryption
Lecture 11: Algorithmic Game Theory

Taught by

Prof. Robert M. Townsend

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