MIT Media Lab Digital Currency Initiative

Joining MIT DCI to lead our Bitcoin Software and Security Effort

We’re excited to share that AJ Towns is joining the Digital Currency Initiative to lead our Bitcoin Software and Security Effort (please find his announcement below). This four-year research and development program is…

Bitcoin’s (un)common good

Digital Currency Initiative at the MIT Media Lab Launches New Bitcoin…

Utreexo demo release 0.2

At the MIT DCI, we have several computers plugged in to the wall of our currently unpopulated office. One of them…

Who is Monitoring Mining Pools?

Mining pools are a huge part of Bitcoin’s security, but there isn’t any public monitoring to make sure that pools are well-behaved.

Digital Currency Initiative and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Announce CBDC Design Collaboration

Utreexo demonstration release

I’m excited to announce the release of the first demonstration of Utreexo. Utreexo is a new scalability…