- prize pool will be in BTC
- 3 winners will receive 0.0666 BTC each
- closing date of contest is 31st august 2014
- prizes will be paid out on 1st september 2014
- vote for your favorite paper and discuss them on this thread
BTC: 17RJhRCiENeeUHTAFH7Qaawo296QwnZEB5
UPM: kQRLbW6D8AKTWSAWAy1u3NEix8nDXz5Wvq
Read the Full Announcement here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TLuVUvrDwn1VTe9N_exTKXd-Ht5D7gyTeB7YLDUwlQA/edit?pli=1
Cryptocurrency Economics & Ecosystems: A UPM-funded Contest
To commemorate the launch of the eUEF, UPM will be hosting a contest where anyone and everyone can take part. 10% of the fund, i.e. 1000 UPMs will be utilized for this first project, put up for grabs for all who partake in this contest. In an effort to expand our Utopian library of knowledge, we would like to take this opportunity to acquire our very first Bitcoin and cryptocurrency related whitepapers from the eUtopium community!
In exchange for your value and work done, the top 3 papers selected by the UPM team will receive a total of 333 UPM each. To take part in this contest, simply write an (academic) paper with a maximum of 6 pages, answering one or a mixture of a few of the research questions brought up below.
Research Questions
- What are the core principles of a cryptocurrency? Based on Satoshi’s paper, and considering the current landscape of the bit/altcoin ecosystems as whole.
- Who are the stakeholders involved in any cryptocurrency?
- What are the biggest barriers to entry for current non-adopters of cryptocurrency?
- In your opinion, what are the most innovative features in crypto that currently exist?
- What factors affect the success of a cryptocurrency? What makes an altcoin popular?
- What is the end goal / are the next steps for cryptocurrency? Satoshi started an era decentralization, but what’s next? The Internet brought knowledge & information, Bitcoin brought money & financial freedom, what’s next?
- What should the community do to increase crypto adoption among mainstream users?
Rules
I have none but three rules for you:
- Begin your paper with: “I am…”.
- End the same sentence/paragraph with “...on this earth.”
- Refer to people as “humans”.
After completing your paper, submit them through the AVE service on our website, and wait for an admin to get back to you. When submitting your paper for this contest, please add “eUEF” to the front of your paper name.
All papers submitted may be added into the eUtopium educational repository, our ever-expanding library of knowledge and truth. If added, you will receive 10 UPMs per page in value exchange, as per the AVE service. However, not all papers added will receive a part of the prize pool.
The contest starts today, and ends 6 days from now, on the 10th of August, 2014. All papers must be submitted before then to qualify for a potential payout from the prize pool. All papers submitted before this announcement also qualify. Find all uploaded papers here.
The Utopia Project: In Conclusion
UPM is backed by an engaging and active community, managed by innovative and dedicated developers. At UPM, we believe that fairness, honesty and transparency must be at the core of any community in order for it to truly thrive and succeed in the new utopian world we are building.
Ultimately, this project is in line with the Utopia Project’s goal of creating a fully crowdsourced, crowdfunded, and self-sustaining social experiment and social enterprise that bridges the innovation of digital currency with an outdated education system within one common reality and perception. This, is Our One True Utopia. #OOTU
At UPM, we go by one very simple rule: No hype; only real, true value.