MIT Media Lab Digital Currency Initiative

The Importance of Layer 2

Last weekend we held a Layer 2 Summit at Fidelity Labs and the MIT Media Lab. This post is based on my opening…

Grey Mirror #2 — Nadia Eghbal, Protocol Labs: Why Give Away Money and How to Fund Digital Infrastructure

Robleh Ali Joins the DCI

I’m excited to share that Robleh Ali, formerly manager of Digital Currencies at the Bank of England, has joined the…

Blockchain technology: Redefining trust for a global, digital economy

Launching a Digital Currency Initiative

Digital currencies like Bitcoin are poised to make a dramatic impact on most people’s lives over the next decade. They offer tremendous possibilities for growing our global economy, and, similar to the cell phone, enabling developing nations to leapfrog the…

The MIT Media Lab and the Open Music Initiative

What is bitcoin and the blockchain?

A list of articles, blog posts, videos, books and courses to help…

Introducing Lit — Lightweight Lightning Network Software

Digital Currency Initiative Hacks on Bitcoin with 120 Girls Who Code

Inclusion and diversity are both part of our core mission at the MIT Media Lab Digital Currency Initiative. We believe that the more diverse the group of people working on digital currencies, the more…