“and more on the many potential applications and social implications of bitcoin the technology, a world of intriguing research opens up.”

Once suggestion — I thought we/MIT/BTC early adopters had moved onto “Block Chain” as being the separate technology distinct from BTC the currency? Let me know if I had that wrong, as it is important in this new year to get this separation of church and state in BTC world.

Thanks and I will be following this week from cold NYC.