Topic: The British government is considering paying out research grants with bitcoin - page 2. (Read 1311 times)
April 27, 2016, 06:18:06 PM
Lovely to see some endorsement from the government.
April 27, 2016, 05:06:09 PM
This is very good news, I am curious to see what happens to it in the future and if they continue this program.
I don't know why they started to give out grants in Bitcoin, but it's fine by me. I don't mind the extra publicity.
I don't know why they started to give out grants in Bitcoin, but it's fine by me. I don't mind the extra publicity.
April 27, 2016, 04:43:48 PM
Interesting, I never realized the British government was so Bitcoin friendly.
April 27, 2016, 03:28:21 PM
"The United Kingdom’s government is exploring using bitcoin, or some permutation of the blockchain technology that underpins it, to pay out and monitor taxpayer-funded research grants."
It is just the management with the block chain technology.
It is just the management with the block chain technology.
April 27, 2016, 03:20:49 PM
Studies on the blockchain technology and not the whole bitcoin protocol, I might say. Several institutions already showed motives on developing their platforms within a blockchain or with a blockchain. Much to my dismay, they only acknowledge the concept of the public ledger system and not the whole protocol per se. Overall, a nice news for bitcoin.
April 27, 2016, 02:43:39 PM
The United Kingdom is the leading country in Finance Technologies startups. The legal framework there allows innovation to prosper. That why Bitcoin and Ethereum ecosystems will grow rapidly there.
My friend from UK wanted to buy bitcoin from some UK based exchange, to no avail. It is crazy hard with their banking regulations to buy bitcoins fast and fees on their exchanges are horrendous.From my experience I found it is easier to buy bitcoins in Russia that in UK.
April 27, 2016, 02:39:37 PM
Bitcoin is going mainstream!
April 27, 2016, 02:09:39 PM
The United Kingdom is the leading country in Finance Technologies startups. The legal framework there allows innovation to prosper. That why Bitcoin and Ethereum ecosystems will grow rapidly there.
April 27, 2016, 01:44:33 PM
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or some permutation of the blockchain technology that underpins it
promising in that they are thinking of using some kind of blockchain to watch over the transactions. Blockchain get thrown around quite a lot these days though. not necessarily bitcoin. Still good news though.
April 27, 2016, 01:38:18 PM
Good news.This is definitely going to give bitcoin a great boost.I am sure other Governments will follow in the footsteps of British Government and give bitcoin its due recognition
April 27, 2016, 01:37:36 PM
Now this would be something quite interesting and very unexpected. This would definitely be a very positive sign, should it ever happen.
Very good this will be standard practise in 15 years time and we will look back and wonder why we ever doubted it.
Speculation. April 27, 2016, 01:35:30 PM
Very good this will be standard practise in 15 years time and we will look back and wonder why we ever doubted it.
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