Queens University Belfast Students Researching Bitcoin
As the founding member of the non-profit Bitcoin Association Northern Ireland I was fascinated to be contacted by a final year geography student at Queens University Belfast, who had spent the last year researching the potential viability of cryptocurrencies for her dissertation. Queens University Belfast is a public research university based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. QUB is a member of the Russell Group of leading research intensive universities, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the European University Association, Universities Ireland and Universities UK. This makes it....
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