Swarm Intelligence Event is First Science Conference to Accept Bitcoin
A Belgium-based swarm intelligence conference is breaking new ground, with bitcoin set to be accepted as payment for registration. This makes it the first such scientific event to accept the digital currency. The appropriately named ANTS, the ninth international conference on swarm intelligence, is set to be held in Brussels from September 10th to 12th by IRIDIA - the country's leading artificial intelligence lab located at the Free University of Brussels (Université Libre de Bruxelles). IRIDIA says it is one of the leading incubators of the Belgian bitcoin scene. Researchers from the lab....
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