1. Introduction for 15.S12 Blockchain and Money, Fall 2018

If you have a smartphone, internet and the ability to understand English, you can literally be in the classroom of an MIT lecture on Bitcoin/Blackchain. What a world! Thank You!

I am a poor person from Brazil that had to learn English to understand this video. Thanks to it - although I don't have money to pay for MIT tuition - I am watching a full class by MIT from my house in South America. Thanks for democratizing knowledge. <3

Fun Fact: This professor got sworn in today as the SEC chairman. pretty cool

I still can not believe I take an entire blockchain course from MIT fo free, unbelievable. I can not thank enough MIT.

Gary Gensler mentions a book for the class and the guy who wrote the book is sitting in that class as a student... WOW MIT is on another level

4:15 the two Readings for class (How blockchain can solve the payments riddle and The blockchain catalyst for change) 5:13 A history lesson to give context 9:22 Cryptography is communication in the presence of adversaries 12:14 list of digital currencies that failed between 1989 and 1999 15:38 what blockchain is 19:26 pizza for bitcoins 21:37 blockchain technology 22:41 role of money and finance 26:40 financial sector problems and blockchain potential opportunities 28:44 financial sector issues with blockchain technology and what the financial sector favors 35:00 public policy framework 36:46 the duck test 37:25 Encumbants eyeing crypto finance 39:35 financial sector potential use cases 41:57 Larry Lessig's book "code and other laws of cyberspace" 48:46 outline of all classes 49:08 study questions 50:55 readings and video 52:04 conclusions 55:13 questions

It is fascinating to take this class in the year 2021 knowing what has happened in the crypto space since 2018. And big thank you to MIT for making this knowledge available to the world free of charge. That's unbelievable generosity.

No way. This channel just has everything! Thank you so much for having this content for free and for the world

Tell me why I pay tens of thousands for an education yet this lecture is far more stimulating then any I’ve attended at my institution...

The world is your library if you want to learn. Unbelievable is the age we live in getting free education from MIT. This sets you apart MIT. Well Done!!

So thankful for this class. I wish I saw it back in 2018 but February 2022 is blessed enough! So grateful! I'm sharing this with everyone! This is such a solid foundation

I felt like I am in the room. How grateful I am for encountering this channel. Many thanks to MIT and Gary Gensler.

It's such an amazing video to come across. Watching from Nairobi in Kenya, and this type of content.....isn't easy to come across from this side of the continent. Thank you.

I'm so thankful to be able to study this course online, here from Brazil. Thank you so much, MIT.

This is grace that found me , I'm gonna put my best to understand Blockchain here. indeed distance is no longer barrier. God blessed the people that set up this online class for Blockchain

Lots of love from Nepal for making this level of quality education free of cost.....It enlightens the soul of plenty of underprivileged students

Who’s here after Gary is trying to regulate tf out of cryptocurrency?

This is probably one of the most important lectures for everyone to see.

I wish I had a teacher like Gensler. Easy to absorb, concise, follow thru, topics etc ... excellent.

It’s interesting going back to this video to see Prof Gensler talk about financial sector problems and blockchain opportunities and now see all crypto lending platforms and exchanges that participate in staking under fire. Oh, don’t forget XRP too.