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Bitcoin Must Be About the Mission Rather than the Money, Says MIT Media Lab Founder Nicholas Negroponte at Scaling Bitcoin

Legendary Internet pioneer Nicholas Negroponte, a founder of the MIT Media Laband the One Laptop per Child initiative (OLPC), gave a controversial talk at theScaling Bitcoin workshop in Montreal.The Scaling Bitcoin workshop has...

MIT Media Lab Project Enigma Enables Blockchain-Based Encrypted Data Storage

Over the last few months, renowned global organizations and financial establishments have proposed designs, or at least have attempted to implement Bitcoin’s blockchain technology, to encrypt...

MIT’s Joi Ito Calls for a ‘Supporting’ Role for Governments as Community Awaits BitLicense Release

As the Bitcoin community awaits New York State’s BitLicense regulations, expected to be released today, the debate about regulating digital currencies is in full...

Bitcoin Core Developers Disagree on Proposed Block Size Increase to 20MB

With the current one-megabyte-per-block limit, the Bitcoin network can process only a few transactions per second, which could strongly limit the ability of the...

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 Media Lab Announces Launch of MIT Digital Currency Initiative, Headed by Former White House Senior Adviser

A few days ago Bitcoin Magazinereported that Joi Ito, director of the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab, was about to unveil...

Media Lab Director Joi Ito Wants MIT to Lead the Bitcoin Ecosystem

Joi Ito, director of the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab, is about to unveil a plan for the Institute to become...

Facebook Instant P2P Payments and the Future of Money

The prestigious MIT Technology Review has published a Business Report on “The Future of Money.”The report surveys emerging digital money and online payment technologies,...

Orlando School Gives Students bitcoins

Last month I attended an interesting Orlando Bitcoin Meetup. The Meetup took place at Bright Learning Academy, a school for special needs students that...

Bitcoin’s Growing Versatility Creates New Opportunities

The cryptocurrency industry is not only becoming popular for spenders, but also for those seeking an education. Gigaom reports that university students are now...
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