The goal of the Media Lab Digital Currency initiative is to bring together global experts in areas ranging from cryptography, to economics, to privacy, to distributed systems, to take on this important new area of research. The effort will reach across the MIT campus, and we look forward to including collaborations with leading experts around the world. The initiative will work with Lab researchers and faculty across the MIT campus to explore the many issues involved in blockchain and bitcoin technology.

Press about the Digital Currency Initiative:

DCI update (September 6, 2016)

Neha Narula's TED@BCG Paris talk on the Future of Money (May 2016)

Launching a Digital Currency Initiative (Brian Forde’s blog post)

Announcing the MIT Media Lab Digital Currency Initiative (Joi Ito’s blog post)

Brian Forde joins the MIT Media Lab as director of digital currency (MIT News)

Berkman Center and Cyberlaw Clinic to Support MIT Media Lab’s Digital Currency Initiative (Berkman Center)

Former White House Advisor to Head MIT Digital Currency Initiative (Coindesk)

Welcome to the MIT Media Lab, Gavin, Wlad, and Cory (Brian Forde's blog post)