Kaspersky Lab Recognizes Three Universities on Blockchain Proposals
Cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab has recognized three universities for their work on blockchain technology out of 19 universities from the United States and the United Kingdom, reports The Economist. The winning three universities were New York University with a prize amounting to $10,000; University Of Maryland, College Park’s Maryland Cybersecurity Center who won $5,000; and Newcastle University winning $3,000. New York University proposed ‘the usage of a ‘permissioned blockchain’ configuration, in which a central authority admits voting machines to the network prior to the start of....
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