rss
04-30-2014, 12:33 PM
Every MIT Undergrad Will Get $100 in Bitcoin This Fall
http://rack.3.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzA0LzMwL2NkL2JpdGNvaW4uZGE5YzUuanBnCnAJdG h1bWIJNTc1eDMyMyMKZQlqcGc/c5d65e9c/b20/bitcoin.jpghttp://rack.3.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-tw-df3e816c4e85a109d6e247013aed8d66.jpg (http://twitter.com/share?via=Mashable&text=Every+MIT+Undergrad+Will+Get+%24100+in+Bitcoi n+This+Fall&src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2014%2F04%2F30%2Fm it-bitcoin-project%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_source%3Drss)htt p://rack.1.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-fb-fdab25e3700868c9621fb03b7fd07c38.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2014%2F04 %2F30%2Fmit-bitcoin-project%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_source%3Drss&src=sp)
MIT's Bitcoin (http://mashable.com/category/bitcoin/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) club is launching a new project that will give each undergrad $100 in Bitcoin, beginning in the Fall semester.
The club has already raised $500,000 in Bitcoin to fund the project and hopes it will help encourage students and local businesses to **t only adopt the currency but use it in new and in**vative ways.
See also: A Complete, Interactive History of Bitcoin (http://mashable.com/2014/02/10/bitcoin-history/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
The two students who have spearheaded the project, Jeremy Rubin and Dan Elitzer, liken it to giving students Internet access 20 years ago.
"It's easy for people who haven't actually looked at the tech**logy and started to understand it — they can grasp he scary things like Mt. Gox disappearing but really understanding the powers to do good is a lot harder," Dan Elitzer, the club's founder and president told Mashable. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/30/mit-bitcoin-project/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Mit (http://mashable.com/category/mit/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Dev And Design (http://mashable.com/category/dev-and-design/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Tech (http://mashable.com/tech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Dev Design (http://mashable.com/dev-design/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Bitcoin (http://mashable.com/category/bitcoin/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/hiYiDTm5BgE
http://rack.3.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzA0LzMwL2NkL2JpdGNvaW4uZGE5YzUuanBnCnAJdG h1bWIJNTc1eDMyMyMKZQlqcGc/c5d65e9c/b20/bitcoin.jpghttp://rack.3.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-tw-df3e816c4e85a109d6e247013aed8d66.jpg (http://twitter.com/share?via=Mashable&text=Every+MIT+Undergrad+Will+Get+%24100+in+Bitcoi n+This+Fall&src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2014%2F04%2F30%2Fm it-bitcoin-project%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_source%3Drss)htt p://rack.1.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-fb-fdab25e3700868c9621fb03b7fd07c38.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2014%2F04 %2F30%2Fmit-bitcoin-project%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_source%3Drss&src=sp)
MIT's Bitcoin (http://mashable.com/category/bitcoin/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) club is launching a new project that will give each undergrad $100 in Bitcoin, beginning in the Fall semester.
The club has already raised $500,000 in Bitcoin to fund the project and hopes it will help encourage students and local businesses to **t only adopt the currency but use it in new and in**vative ways.
See also: A Complete, Interactive History of Bitcoin (http://mashable.com/2014/02/10/bitcoin-history/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
The two students who have spearheaded the project, Jeremy Rubin and Dan Elitzer, liken it to giving students Internet access 20 years ago.
"It's easy for people who haven't actually looked at the tech**logy and started to understand it — they can grasp he scary things like Mt. Gox disappearing but really understanding the powers to do good is a lot harder," Dan Elitzer, the club's founder and president told Mashable. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/30/mit-bitcoin-project/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Mit (http://mashable.com/category/mit/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Dev And Design (http://mashable.com/category/dev-and-design/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Tech (http://mashable.com/tech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Dev Design (http://mashable.com/dev-design/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Bitcoin (http://mashable.com/category/bitcoin/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/hiYiDTm5BgE