“To Young People, Bitcoin Makes A Lot More Sense” – Jeremy Gardner, College Cryptocurrency Network
Jeremy Gardner is the cofounder and Executive Director of the College Cryptocurrency Network - an international non-profit dedicated to blockchain education, innovation, and development that has taken root at MIT and has since then grew into a global network. The CCN was established to help nascent, burgeoning, and not-yet existing college organizations build a presence on their respective campuses, receive administrative recognition and funding, and help students connect with similar college groups. Gardner also runs a small angel investing and consulting firm, Ausum Ventures.....
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We have reached out to the candidates for the upcoming Bitcoin Foundation Elections and asked each candidate a set of questions. In the interest of fairness, all candidates were asked the same questions at the same time, and all responses (that did respond) have been received before the publication of this article. Jeremy Gardner. Director for the College Cryptocurrency Network (not related to CryptoCoinNews) and Director of Operations at Augur, he see's the potential to represent the future of block chain technology, both for the youth and for the 2.0 space. Tell us a little about your....
"You say prediction market and people are like 'What's that?' - it doesn't sound that important or lucrative or interesting." That's Jeremy Gardner, best known as the director of the College Cryptocurrency Network, talking about the first reactions some may have to his latest project, Augur, the decentralized, blockchain-based prediction market founded by Jack Peterson and set to launch a token crowdsale this spring. Common perceptions aside, Gardner and core developer Joey Krug are out to prove that a platform that allows participants to bet on the outcome of real-world events can be a....
JULY 16, 2014-BitcoinMagazine and the College Cryptocurrency Network (CCN) are pleased to announce the first ever, "Back-to-School with Bitcoin" issue this coming September! Guest-edited by CCN Executive Director, Jeremy Gardner, this issue of the magazine will be dedicated to covering youth in bitcoin, perhaps the most important demographic in bringing blockchain technology to the mainstream. To ensure that this issue of Bitcoin Magazineis chock-full of the brightest young minds in cryptocurrencies, the magazine will be rewarding the top-five student submissions with Bitcoin prizes, which....
When Patrick Cines meets a fellow student on the campus of Pennsylvania State University, he'll whip out his phone to show them how quickly bitcoin can be sent from one account to another. "If they say they can already do that with a credit card, I tell them that they're paying to use that card, one way or another," he said. Cines is an officer in the College Cryptocurrency Network (CCN), a fast-growing organisation that's trying to connect bitcoin clubs in universities around the world. The network was formed in March and now has about 100 chapters comprising more than 1,000 students....
Developer Peter Todd has caused quite a stir in the community by committing a double spend on Coinbase. Taking $10 from the company and buying Jeremy Gardner of the Augur project some reddit gold. Todd admitted to the action via Twitter and GitHub with the crack he created. At this time, Gardner says he and Todd were conversing, and Todd had decided to “make a point about security in the industry” Gardner goes on to say that he had succeeded on his first try and was able also to snap a screenshot of the action. Many people in the community went crazy on Twitter following this announcement.....