Bitcoin: the Distributed Public Ledger Revolution and the Future of Money by Ferdinando M. Ametrano

Bitcoin: the Distributed Public Ledger Revolution and the Future of Money

Presenter: Ferdinando M. Ametrano: Milan Bicocca University - Department of Statistics and Quantitative Methods; QuantLib; Banca IMI - IntesaSanpaolo Group

Video Lectures

Session 1. Running Time: 1hr 1min


Session 2. Running Time: 1hr 10mins


Session 3. Running Time: 1hr 26mins


Session 4. Running Time: 41mins


1) Bitcoin Primer

  • Origin and history
  • Economy
  • Opinions
  • Currency and protocol
  • Decentralized Database
  • Addresses and Transactions
  • Wallets and Mining

2) The Block Chain

  • UTOX, Merkle Trees
  • Hashing and Public Key Cryptography
  • Transaction Scripts
  • Transactions types
    • Multisignature
  • The Byzantine’ General’s Problem
  • Alternative uses of the blockchain
  • Alt-coins

3) About Money

  • Medium of exchange
  • Store of value
  • Unit of account
  • Gold
  • Hayek denationalization of money
  • Money supply and Price Stability
  • Inflation, deflation
  • Hayek Money
  • Fisher Money
  • Seigniorage Shares

4) Business Ecosystem

  • Money transfer
  • Exchanges
  • Payment processors
  • Wallets
  • Multisignature escrow services
  • Mining
  • ATMs
  • Cryptocurrency and Financial Institutions
  • Regulatory and tax treatment