Time: 8:50am - 5:30pm
Venue: Conference Suite, 9th floor, Tower 2, London School of Economics
Speakers: Tomaso Aste (University College London), Tatiana Cutts (University of Birmingham), Jon Danielsson (LSE), Juanita Gonzalez-Uribe (LSE), Luke von der Heyde (ENSafrica), Eva Micheler (LSE), Philipp Paech (LSE) and Matteo Solinas (Victoria University of Wellington)
Organisers: Jon Danielsson (SRC, LSE) and Eva Micheler (Law and Financial Markets Project and SRC, LSE)
The conference analyses financial innovation with a particular focus on blockchain technology.
Blockchain technology was first invented to facilitate Bitcoin. A blockchain is an electronic record. Similar to a land register it contains all transactions that are entered into between market participants. There is, however, no central authority or other intermediary. The blockchain is updated on the basis of a consensus of the majority of the participants in the system. Once entered the information cannot be erased. A blockchain thus creates a certain and verifiable digital record.
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Programme
Photo gallery
Tomaso Aste (University College London): Blockchain technology from the perspective of computer science
Jon Danielsson (London School of Economics): Cyber risk as systemic risk
Luke von der Heyde (ENSafrica): Are bitcoins property? - presentation and paper
Tatiana Cutts (University of Birmingham): Tracing bitcoins
Eva Micheler (LFMP and SRC, LSE) and Luke von der Heyde (ENSafrica): Holding, Clearing and Settling Securities Through Blockchain Technology Creating an Efficient System by Empowering Asset Owners - presentation and paper
Matteo Solinas (Victoria University of Wellington): The regulation of distributed ledgers
The suggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users is: #LSEFintech
The event is jointly organised with the Law and Financial Markets Project.
