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Academic Research Into Crypto Picks Up, But Universities Remain Hesitant to Fund
11.4.2020
Academic research into blockchain is picking up despite lag in institutional funding and reluctant scientific journals
US Intelligence Officials Are Funding Research on Dollar-Crushing ‘Black Swan’ Events
14.2.2020
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence wants to sponsor a post-doc researcher to study what would happen if the U.S. dollar lost its status as the world’s reserve currency
MIT Develops ‘Spider’ Tech to Enable More Efficient Off-Chain Crypto Transactions
3.2.2020
The researchers say their new routing scheme can help avoid congestion on off-chain cryptocurrency networks
Close to 14,000 Google Scholar Articles Mentioned Bitcoin in 2019
25.12.2019
On January 3, 2020, the Bitcoin network officially turns 11 and the technology has transformed the lives of many. Since blockchain’s inception, scholars and economists have rigorously studied and written thousands of academic papers covering the subject. In 2019, there were more than 13,700...
Academic: All Undergrads Should Learn About Bitcoin & Blockchain
22.12.2019
Jeremy Clark
This interview was originally published by our French franchise partner fr.cryptonews.com.
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Bitcoin (BTC) officially turns 11 on January 3, 2020. As the token enters its third decade, how does one of the first few academics to ever write a paper on BTC see the future of Satoshi...
French Ministry of Education Publishes Bitcoin Resource Guide for Educators
1.11.2019
As digital currencies transform the world, concepts like Bitcoin continue to percolate into academic courses and higher education worldwide. The French Ministry of National Education’s recently published economics and social sciences resource guide for teachers discusses cryptographic money...
Crypto Extortion on the Rise, Says Academic Study
23.10.2019
Hackers can make up to $130,000 a month for a $10,000 investment
Moscow Blockchain Voting System ‘Completely Insecure,’ Says Researcher
16.8.2019
A blockchain system that will soon be used to allow Moscow residents to vote in elections is currently easy to hack, according to a researcher
Arizona State University to Use SalesForce Blockchain for Academic Records
9.7.2019
Arizona State University is working with local community colleges on leveraging blockchain to innovate data sharing for academic records
DARPA-Funded Study Looks at How Crypto Chats Spread on Reddit
6.6.2019
A U.S. Department of Energy science lab has been studying how well three popular cryptos performed in Reddit chats. Here's what they found
Prioritizing
27.5.2019
You're faced with a lot of decisions in everyday work. There are multiple tasks calling for your focus, and you can burn daylight or even burn out trying to decide what comes first. There's a phenomenon called decision fatigue. There have been many studies that you can make poor choices when you're...
Learning to Learn
4.3.2019
There’s been a lot of talk recently about whether or not you need a degree to be in tech (spoiler: you don’t). But please don’t take this to mean you don’t need any kind of education to be in tech, because by not getting a degree, you’re opting to replace the imposed learning structure of...