Bitcoin Community Rallies Around Bitcoiner Attacked at UC Berkeley
A young woman wearing a red “Make Bitcoin Great Again” hat, in the style of popular Trump campaign apparel, was maced in front of television cameras as violent protesters destroyed parts of downtown Berkeley Wednesday night. The events unfolded after a speaking engagement by Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos, who has penned pro-Bitcoin pieces, was....
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Kiara Robles, a Blockstream employee and Trump supporter, was pepper sprayed while giving an interview for a local TV station at UC Berkley where Milo Yiannopoulos, a highly controversial and provocative speaker, was to hold a talk on “cultural appropriation.” Bitcoiner and Trump Supporter Kiara Robles, seen wearing a “Make Bitcoin Great Again” cap. “We survive the peaceful protests. Glad to see intellectual debates are valued at UC Berkeley.” – Robles tweeted shortly after she was pepper sprayed. Protests began peacefully, but when night descended “150 masked agitators who came onto....
University of California, Berkeley and Parity Technologies are joining forces on several blockchain fronts, including educational development and awareness, by leveraging Parity’s expert team and the Substrate framework as knowledge-building resources. UC Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator Partners with Parity to Promote Blockchain Adoption To bring more resources to the University of California, Berkeley community and Blockchain Xcelerator, Parity Technologies and the academic institution are expanding existing ties by forming a resource-rich educational framework for the 2020-2021....
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Coinbase, a San Francisco company created to act as a wallet and platform in which merchants and customers can "transact" with bitcoin, is now offering the digital currency to students. CyptoCoins News reports that any student that signs up for Coinbase will receive $10 worth of bitcoin. Students must verify enrollment by signing up with an email domain ending in "edu." Fred Ehrsam, who founded Coinbase in 2012, used Twitter to announce the limited time offer, which according to Ehrsam's social media account, is currently only "enabled for a small handful of .edus at the moment." He has....
Last weekend, the largest collegiate Bitcoin and blockchain technology hackathon was hosted in the San Francisco Bay Area. More than 50 outstanding developers and entrepreneurs competed in the second annual Bay BitHack, held at the Innovation Lab at the University of California, Berkeley on April 2-3. They were challenged to build applications of the future of the way we look at money. The event was hosted through a partnership of the Bitcoin Association of Berkeley, the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship, the Blockchain Education Network and Major League Hacking. Andrew Tu, director of....