Tsinghua University and Bitcoin Company Huobi Launch Digital Assets Research Initiative
Tsinghua University PBC School of Finance and Bitcoin exchange Huobi have launched a joint Digital Assets Research Initiative. With this initiative, Tsinghua University joins MIT and technology giants IBM and Samsung as one of the world's major institutions conducting research and development of blockchain technology, decentralized systems and digital....
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Three American universities are set to conduct wide-ranging research on cryptocurrencies using roughly $3m in grant funding from the National Science Foundation, a US government agency that supports and funds scientific research. Cornell, the University of Maryland and the University of California Berkeley will focus on developing new cryptocurrency systems that, according to principal investigator Elaine Shi, will address "pain points" attributed to bitcoin and other existing networks. The Initiative for Cryptocurrency and Contracts (IC3) will also involve Cornell researcher Emin Gun....
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The University of Maryland, Cornell, and the University of California Berkeley will be conducting cryptocurrency research backed by $3 million in funding from the National Science Foundation, a US government agency that supports and funds scientific research. According to principal investigator Elaine Shi, the universities will be focused on developing new cryptocurrency systems that can address "pain points" in bitcoin and other digital currency networks. Cryptocurrency Research Scope. This wide-ranging research, which is entitled The Initiative for Cryptocurrency and Contracts (IC3),....