NSF Grants Princeton Assistant Professor $500k For Cryptocurrency Research
A computer Science/CITP Assistant Professor at Princeton University has received a sizable grant for conducting cryptocurrency-related research, according to a report first seen on the Let's Talk Bitcoin blog. Arvind Narayanan received the sum of $500,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for his work entitled "TWC: Small: Addressing the challenges of cryptocurrencies: Security, anonymity, stability." Issued on the 30th of June, the grant was provided to Narayanan as part of the Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace program. Here's the abstract provided by the National Science....
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