Week 10
Payment Technology & Foundations of Blockchain
A double session: how payments actually work, what went wrong at FTX, and the cryptographic foundations of blockchain — plus exam format and final-presentation logistics.
Week 10 materials
What we cover
A double session (Monday + Tuesday, slides split in two parts):
- Final-presentation schedule and written exam format (with sample questions)
- Recap: Diamond–Dybvig — and the FTX collapse as a live case study
- Payment technology: how money actually moves
- Foundations of blockchain: the problem Bitcoin solves and how