The University of Southern California hosted a successful blockchain-focused hackathon (blockathon) last weekend, the first of what organizers hope becomes a series of events bringing developers of all backgrounds together to develop blockchain use-cases and solutions to the space’s biggest issues. More than 100 students attended the three-day event, impressing judges with projects developed on …
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When funding for UCLA’s first accredited blockchain class fell through just a week before course registration, the Blockchain Acceleration Foundation successfully connected the school with an accelerator that donated the $15,000 necessary to fund the class. “The course is a great step toward establishing a permanent blockchain program at UCLA, so when funding became jeopardized …
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Thanks to a kind donation and keynote speech from leading blockchain technology company ConsenSys, the Blockchain Acceleration Foundation was able to help the University of California, Santa Barbara host its first ever Innovation Summit. The Innovation Summit brought students and industry professionals together to identify problems that matter and create visions for a viable solution. …
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Generous donations from Opus Logica and UCSB Extension enabled several students from the Blockchain Acceleration Foundation’s member organizations to attend the 38th International Cryptology Conference last week. Crypto 2018, held at the University of California, Santa Barbara, featured speeches, workshops, and debates from leading blockchain experts and advocates. In total 30 students from Blockchain Acceleration …
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