MOOC 15, Session 1, Thursday 4 Feb with Antonis Polemitis

Antonis Polemitis answering student questions on the topic "A brief history of Money". This is part of a 12-week Massive Open Online Course (MOOC): 'Introduction to digital currency' also part of our Master's Degree offered free by the University of Nicosia. In case you wish to learn more and register to this free course visit: https://www.unic.ac.cy/blockchain/fre... Timestamps:
01:34 Overview of UNIC
08:13 Overview of Decentralized Learning Series (DLS), Decentralized Chapters, Decentralized Conference.
10:31 Course Logistics and Introduction of co-instructors
15:05 About our MSc in Digital Currencies
20:00 BTC as a medium of exchange, use in small transactions, possibility to replace FIAT
26:18 BTC as a medium of exchange in places without internet
28:08 BTC as a store of value and risk factors i.e.: lost, hacked, corrupted devises, viruses etc.
33:00 Can I recover my funds if I lose my hard drive?
40:21 BTC for the masses of for a few large investors?
47:55 BTC and adoption
51:32 BTC supply and the possibility for infinite divisibility
1:05:06 BTC vs inflation - deflation - hyperinflation
1:14:20 Course statistics - who is in this course