MIT Bitcoin Project Announces First Round Competition Winners
The MIT Bitcoin Project has announced the winners of the first round of its BitComp competition, with three teams winning cash prizes. BitComp, which launched last month, is a small MIT-wide competition aimed at encouraging bitcoin innovation among students. The aim of the MIT Bitcoin Project is to make bitcoin more accessible to students at the noted Massachusetts educational institute, and raise awareness of the new technology. It will fully kick off later this fall, when each MIT undergraduate student will receive $100 in bitcoin. Rewarding innovation. In the competition, the MIT....
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