Digital Currency Is Slowly Winning The Popularity Contest
There is no denying how Bitcoin is becoming more and more popular, despite stern warnings from central banks around the world. While Bitcoin may pose a risk due to it not being controlled by banks or authorities, that is also one of the selling points of this popular digital currency. Mainstream adoption is still a little while away, the there is a growing demand and respect for what bitcoin is trying to achieve. Just a handful of years ago, no one thought digital currencies would remain relevant for more than two years at best. Fast forward to today, and Bitcoin has been around for over....
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A chocolate image called "Sweet life. Bitcoin will be in chocolate" took first place in the first Bitcoin Photo Contest, which recently ended. The winning entry by a user named Nadin crafted bitcoin cookies to win the grand prize of €1000 in BTC which will be sent via bit4coin vouchers. Nadin and the other winners will be able to immediately redeem their vouchers for BTC at the current exchange rate. Nadin won the contest, which drew 600 entries, by convincing four of the contest's six jury members. First place - bitcoin cookies. The contest, sponsored by bit4coin, launched Sept. 8,....
The contest, conceptualized by the BlockchainHub Graz, saw participation by contestants from over 29 different countries. Status and Etherisc were announced winners at the recently concluded Blockchain Startup Contest. The contest, conceptualized by the BlockchainHub Graz, saw participation by contestants from over 29 different countries. The contestants showcased a variety of blockchain use cases. Only 20 out of the 80 participants, made it to the finals where they were judged by their pitch and live Q&A session. Impressing the jury panel of eight thought leaders from within the....
The final winners of the summer-long bitcoin app development contest at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have been announced. The grand prize of $5,000 went to the team behind Ethos, a platform for establishing and maintaining private online identification using the block chain. The team previously picked up prizes in the first and second rounds. The MIT BitComp, first announced in June, offered $15,000 in cash prizes to spur development of bitcoin apps and get the campus more engaged with digital currency in the run-up to the fall semester. The MIT Bitcoin Project, which....
Dubai’s government is on the hunt for startups to take part in a new blockchain contest, offering prizes of up to $20,000 for the winning projects. The competition, dubbed the SDO Blockchain Challenge, was announced late last month by the Smart Dubai Office (SDO), in conjunction with US-based startup incubator 1776. In a statement, SDO director general Dr Aisha Bin Bishr said her office hopes to use the contest to identify companies with solutions that could have an impact on Dubai’s plans for modernization. She said of the initiative: “Our partnership with 1776 on the Blockchain Challenge....
The Bitcoin Photo Contest, a bit4coin-sponsored initiative to improve bitcoin's image and expand bitcoin's graphic representation, moves into its next phase this week as the regular voting phase ends on Oct. 15 and 50 images go to a jury for the final vote. The 50 images selected will include the 25 that get the most viewer tips and 25 that get the most viewer votes by Oct. 15. Each jury member can vote on up to five images, independent of regular viewer votes. Viewers can see the submissions here. Bit4coin is an Amsterdam, Netherlands-based bitcoin exchange. 200 Artists Win 5,000 Likes.....