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15.S12 Blockchain and Money
MIT OpenCourseWare
2 recommenders · 3 threads · recommended in 2 years, 2021–2023 · score 1.5
An MIT Sloan course taught by Gary Gensler covering the fundamentals of money, cryptocurrencies, and blockchain technology, including Bitcoin and the economics and regulation of decentralized finance. Lectures are published free on MIT OpenCourseWare and YouTube.
Commenters call Gensler's lectures one of the best introductions to the fundamentals of money and crypto, and recommend them to anyone wanting to learn the basics.
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I really enjoyed Gary Gensler lectures on blockchain, crypto currency and money in general and I still recommend them to anyone who wants to learn the fundamentals.
https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/15-s12-blockchain-and-money-fall...
When I heard he was going to lead SEC I was very optimistic about the future of crypto and its regulation as Gensler seemed to have a very favorable view of (at least) Bitcoin.
How naive...
Ironically Gary Gensler chair of SEC has one of the best lectures on the fundamentals of money and crypto. Free on YouTube under the MIT's OpenCourseWare channel.
Do me a favor and watch some of this class by the future SEC head https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/sloan-school-of-management/15-s1...
I dont think the current thresd we are on is useful and you are misunderstanding my point of view. The class above gives some background to my points of view on Bitcoin and Blockchain.
Ultimately, I think blockchain is an interesting technology that necessarily has value, hopefully our regulators can understand its nuances and find ways to channel it to provide more security to every human around the world, (like vaccines or education) than the currently impeded(for whatever reason, its gotta deal with alot of red tape and hundreds of noncoordinated jurisdictions) financial systems.
There is value in having centralized and decentralized finance. The world rewards/will reward recognizing that.