Cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin, are poised to change the way we spend, invest, save, borrow, and lend. By marrying money and software, this technology enables new forms of trustless, digital transacting. This talk will illuminate the possibility of a new financial system and describe cutting-edge research being done at MIT to build the future of money.

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