Nicholas Negroponte has/had a position (Founder) at MIT Digital Currency Initiative

Title Founder
Notes Negroponte’s talk, which is likely to provoke heated debates, can be interpreted as self-serving. In fact, the Digital Currency Initiative at MIT Media Lab, founded by Negroponte, is claiming a role of arbitration and leadership in Bitcoin developments, in prestigious academic settings far from get-rich-quick schemes, and Negroponte hinted at the Media Lab’s role at several points in the talk.
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