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MIT Sloan School of Management: Blockchain Technologies: Business Innovation and Application

Harness the economic potential of blockchain technology.

Harness the economic potential of blockchain technology.

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6 weeks
5–8 hours per week
Starts Apr 10, 2024
Enroll by Apr 16, 2024
Instructor-paced
Instructor-led on a course schedule
6 weeks
5–8 hours per week
Starts Apr 10, 2024
Enroll by Apr 16, 2024
Instructor-paced
Instructor-led on a course schedule

About this Course

Blockchain technology has the potential to fundamentally change the way business is conducted, and to transform the foundations of our economic and social systems. The Blockchain Technologies: Business Innovation and Application online short course from the MIT Sloan School of Management draws on the work of leading MIT faculty and cryptoeconomics expert Christian Catalini, and examines blockchain technology from an economic perspective.

With a focus on its organizational opportunities and limitations, the program will equip you with the tools to leverage blockchain technology to drive innovation and efficiency in your company. On completion, you’ll be able to implement a blockchain-based solution to address a business problem within your own context.

This course is not technical, but rather focuses on the applications of blockchain technology for business. It’s geared toward leaders and managers seeking a deeper understanding of the impact of blockchain technologies in an economic environment, and to identify areas for implementation in their organization.

This program also counts toward an MIT Sloan Executive Certificate, which you can earn upon completion of four programs where at least three of the four come from your chosen certificate track and at least one is completed in person. Find full details here.

Course curriculum

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Learn how blockchain technology has the potential to transform economic and social systems and how to leverage it in your business, as you work through the weekly modules of this online program.

Orientation module : Welcome to your Online Campus

Module 1: An introduction to blockchain technology

Module 2: Bitcoin and the curse of the double-spending problem

Module 3: Costless verification: Blockchain technology and the last mile problem

Module 4: Bootstrapping network effects through blockchain technology and cryptoeconomics

Module 5: Using tokens to design new types of digital platforms

Module 6: The future of blockchain technology, AI, and digital privacy

Earn a certificate of completion from MIT Sloan

Expand your understanding of blockchain technology and earn an official certificate of completion from MIT Sloan.

This online program also counts toward an MIT Sloan Executive Certificate, which you can earn upon completion of four programs where at least three of the four come from your chosen certificate track and at least one is completed in person. Find full details here.

Your certificate will be issued in your legal name and sent to you digitally upon successful completion of the program, as per the stipulated requirements.

Some facts about the subject

73%

The proportion of financial executives who believe their organization will lose an opportunity for competitive advantage if it doesn’t adopt blockchain.

Deloitte (2021).

40 million

The number of jobs that blockchain is predicted to affect or enhance by 2030.

PwC (2020).

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