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MIT Bitcoin Project To Create Cryptocurrency Ecosystem, Give $100 Per Student

Posted by timothy on from the lighter-than-bills-for-the-bursar's-office-too dept.

rjmarvin (3001897) writes "Two MIT students have raised $500,000 to turn the campus into a cryptocurrency ecoystem, giving each MIT undergrad $100 in Bitcoin (or about 0.22 Bitcoins) starting next Fall. The MIT Bitcoin Project will make MIT the first physical location worldwide with widespread access to the digital currency. As of yet, there are no regulations governing how the students can use it."

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  1. Re:Yet another article about how MIT is wasting by kruach+aum · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I imagine this is how the owlbear was conceived of. Though to be fair one of the advantages that pencil and paper offers over slashdot is an edit function.