[Lecture Series]Transaction Dynamics of Blockchain & Predictable Bitcoin Bubbles
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Lecture Series FS22 ——"Transaction Dynamics of Blockchain and Predictable Bitcoin Bubbles".
Co-organized by UZH Blockchain Center, Trust Square, Dezentrum.
Sponsor: #SBHACK22
Speaker: Prof. Didier Sornette (ETH Zurich)
When: 29. March 2022 18:00
Where: Zoom
Abstract:
Prof. Didier Sornette will present empirical and theoretical results on:
- bubble dynamics and what we can learn from them [1,2]
- the aging dynamics of bitcoin transactions and prices
- The social bubble hypothesis applied to Bitcoin [3]
- The question whether cryptocurrencies will replace fiat money? [4].
Recommended reading:
[1] Spencer Wheatley, Didier Sornette, Max Reppen, Tobias Huber and Robert N. Gantner, Are Bitcoin Bubbles Predictable? Combining a Generalised Metcalfe's Law and the LPPLS Model, Royal Society Open Science 6, 180538, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.180538, pages 1-13 (2019) Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 18-22.
(Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3141050 )
[2] J.-C. Gerlach, G. Demos and D. Sornette, Dissection of Bitcoin's Multiscale Bubble History from January 2012 to February 2018, Royal Society Open Science 6, 180643 (2019).
(https://ssrn.com/abstract=3164246)
(http://arxiv.org/abs/1804.06261)
[3] Tobias A. Huber and Didier Sornette, Boom, Bust, and Bitcoin: Bitcoin-Bubbles As Innovation Accelerators, Journal of Economic Issues 61(1), (March 2022).
(http://ssrn.com/abstract=3599179)
[4] Richard Senner and Didier Sornette, The Holy Grail of Crypto Currencies: Ready to replace fiat money? Journal of Economic Issues 53 (4), 966-1000 (2019) (http://ssrn.com/abstract=3192924)
BIO:
Prof. Didier Sornette is the professor on the Chair of Entrepreneurial Risks, Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC)
ETH Zurich. Didier is:
- Director of the Financial Crisis Observatory ([http://www.er.ethz.ch](/financial-crisis-observatory.html))
- Co-founder of the ETH Risk Center (http://www.riskcenter.ethz.ch)
- Member of the Swiss Finance Institute (http://www.swissfinanceinstitute.chcall_made)
- associated with the Department of Physics (D-PHYS), ETH Zurich (http://www.phys.ethz.ch)
- associated with the Department of Earth Sciences (D-ERDW), ETH Zurich (http://www.erdw.ethz.ch/index_EN).
AGENDA:
18:00 - 18:05 Welcome
18:05 - 19:00 Lecture by Speaker
19:00 - 19:30 Q&A Session
19:30 - 20:00 e-Apéro