Media Lab Director Joi Ito Wants MIT to Lead the Bitcoin Ecosystem
Joi Ito, director of the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab, is about to unveil a plan for the Institute to become what he calls an independent, neutral home to help with Bitcoin standards development, Xconomy reports. Ito has been prominently involved in the development of the Internet from the very beginning, from helping....
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