MIT Bitcoin Project is Live - Undergraduates Receive $100 in Bitcoin
The MIT Bitcoin Project, aimed at stimulation knowledge and use of the cryptocurrency in the MIT student community, is live. All the MIT undergraduates who complete the initial survey before Sunday, November 2nd at 11:59pm will receive $100 in Bitcoin. The project was established by MIT students Jeremy Rubin and Dan Elitzer, who raised half a million US dollars in a plan to distribute Bitcoin to every undergraduate at MIT. Also read: MIT Students Raise Money to Distribute Bitcoin Among Undergraduates. Moving MIT to the Forefront of Bitcoin Research. Alex Morcos, an MIT graduate with a....
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In November MIT undergraduates who signed up for the MIT Bitcoin Project each received the equivalent of $100 in the cryptocurrency. Now that they have it, they are beginning to develop innovative ways to use it, MIT Spectrum reports. The MIT Bitcoin Project has partnered with Institute researchers and professors to study how students use their bitcoins and measure growth in the bitcoin ecosystem at MIT. The MIT Club provides a forum within and beyond the MIT community, where Bitcoin-related ideas, projects, programs, events, and businesses can be studied, discussed, and developed. The....
Half a million dollars-worth of bitcoin is being given away to undergraduates at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as part of a scheme to encourage use and awareness of the digital currency. From yesterday, each MIT undergrad became eligible to claim $100 in bitcoin (0.290272 BTC at press time) by completing a survey hosted by The MIT Bitcoin Project, the student organisation that is organising the giveaway. However, students looking to obtain the free funds will have to hurry. The survey must be completed before the scheme ends on 2nd November. The survey results will form part of....
A couple of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) students have managed to raise $500,000 in bitcoin for a curious cryptocurrency project. The pair intend to distribute the money to every single MIT student this fall: each undergrad will receive $100 in the digital currency. The project was launched by Dan Elitzer, the founder and president of the MIT Bitcoin Club, and Jeremy Rubin, a sophomore studying computer science. Their goal is simple - to create an ecosystem for digital currencies at MIT. Cryptocurrency research in a tech savvy micro-ecosystem. It's not just another....
MIT Students Raise Money to Distribute Bitcoin Among Undergraduates. Jeremy Rubin and Dan Elitzer, two MIT students, have raised half a million US dollars in a plan to distribute $100 worth of Bitcoin to every undergraduate at MIT in the Fall. With the eventual goal of establishing a Bitcoin ecosystem at MIT, this will purportedly be achieved through the utilization of the MIT Bitcoin Project. The pair wants to work with the existing MIT academic institution to study how students decide to use their allotted Bitcoin and encourage entrepreneurial activity with the resource and the....
The Cambridge Bitcoin Meetup group is hosting four Bitcoin education events in November. The events will feature presentations from prominent Bitcoin personalities such as Nic Cary, Jon Lee, and Vlad Zamfir and are designed to give students a crash course in cryptocurrency and entrepreneurship opportunities for Bitcoin enthusiasts. Also Read: MIT Bitcoin Project is Live - Undergraduates Receive $100 in Bitcoin. Upcoming Cambridge Bitcoin Events. On November 11, Blockchain CEO Nic Cary will speak at the Cambridge Centre for Mathematical Sciences. His presentation, titled "The Bitcoin....