Lecture Videos | Blockchain and the Design of Financial Systems | Economics | MIT OpenCourseWare

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Instructor

Prof. Robert M. Townsend

Departments

Economics

As Taught In

Spring 2025

Level

Graduate

Course Info

Instructor

Prof. Robert M. Townsend

Departments

Economics

As Taught In

Spring 2025

Level

Graduate

Topics

Social Science
- Economics
  - Financial Economics

Topics

Social Sciences
- Economics

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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

Course Info

Instructor

Prof. Robert M. Townsend

Departments

Economics

As Taught In

Spring 2025

Level

Graduate

Course Info

Instructor

Prof. Robert M. Townsend

Departments

Economics

As Taught In

Spring 2025

Level

Graduate

Topics

Social Science
- Economics
  - Financial Economics

Topics

Social Sciences
- Economics

Learning Resource Types

Lecture Notes

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Download Course

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