This course gives an overview of the origins of blockchain technology and its evolution. Students will learn how blockchain and smart contracts may enable efficiencies in multiple markets including FinTech, RegTech and LegalTech, and how it can also be a disruptive force in those industries. Topics covered will include the history of digital money, the creation of bitcoin, technical aspects of Ethereum blockchain, private blockchains, consensus mechanisms, smart contracts, and the applications that can be created with blockchain and smart contracts.