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Bitcoin White Paper First Released 14 Years Ago Today
Bitcoin White Paper First Released 14 Years Ago Today
The Bitcoin white paper was released 14 years ago today under an MIT public license for all to learn from, share and enjoy. "The Hash" panel discusses the importance to rememb...
Bitcoin White Paper First Released 14 Years Ago Today

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Top Blockchain University: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ranked fifth, MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative serves as the epicenter of blockchain research in the United States.
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PayPal Exec: Most Central Banks Don't Have Appetite to Own Technology
PayPal Exec: Most Central Banks Don’t Have Appetite to Own Technology
During a 1:1 session at Consensus 2021, PayPal’s VP & GM, Blockchain, Crypto and Digital Currencies, Jose Fernandez da Ponte, believes central banks know what they are doing o...
PayPal Exec: Most Central Banks Don't Have Appetite to Own Technology

Digital Native Laws and Strategies in Wyoming
Digital Native Laws and Strategies in Wyoming
MIT Computational Law Report Executive Director Dazza Greenwood and Wyoming State Senator Chris Rothfuss discuss Wyoming’s newly passed laws formalizing how individuals and or...
Digital Native Laws and Strategies in Wyoming

Blockchain at Berkeley members exploring the beaches of Santa Cruz during a “new member retreat.”
The Best Blockchain University Programs Actually Pay Students to Learn
Leading student blockchain clubs do more than meet up to eat pizza: they work directly with crypto startups to solve problems.
Blockchain at Berkeley members exploring the beaches of Santa Cruz during a “new member retreat.”

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MIT Develops 'Spider' Tech to Enable More Efficient Off-Chain Crypto Transactions
The researchers say their new routing scheme can help avoid congestion on off-chain cryptocurrency networks.
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MIT Media Lab Director Joi Ito Steps Down Over Epstein Financing
The chief of MIT Media Lab, which runs a digital currency initiative, reportedly concealed funding from sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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MIT Fellow Says Facebook 'Lifted' His Ideas for Libra Cryptocurrency
MIT fellow Alex Lipton claims Facebook borrowed the guts of its Libra project from a paper he co-authored last year.
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MIT's 'Fiat Cryptography' System Automates the Process of Securing Almost Anything
Gone are the days of manual encryption as MIT researchers create a way to automatically generate security algorithms.
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