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

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Prof. Robert M. Townsend

Departments

Economics

As Taught In

Spring 2025

Level

Graduate

Topics

Social Science
- Economics
  - Financial 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

Topics

Social Science
- Economics
  - Financial Economics

Learning Resource Types

Lecture Notes

Lecture Videos

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