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SWIFT Institute Offers €15,000 for Bitcoin Research Project

http://www.coindesk.com/swift-institute-offers-e15000-bitcoin-research-project/


they should embrace it.

They are starting from a very low knowlege base if they are going to ask questions like "should the exchange rate be fixed?"

In the long-term they will ultimately have to or be left behind.  Paper money will likely be a thing of the past in a generation or two I suspect.

Glad to see them putting forth some sort of effort nonetheless ;)

That is interesting the present world commerce system is putting out a bounty to examine where bitcoin is going
Thanks for the share.

The institute requires all applicants to submit a CV or biography with all relevant information about the applicant, who is also required to submit a 2,500 word description of the research project. The deadline is August 20th 2014. The SWIFT institute told CoinDesk that it currently has a handful of proposals, but the institute typically receives proposals very close to the deadline.

The winning author will receive 50% of the grant immediately, while the remaining 50% will be paid out when the working paper is submitted.

I wonder how long of a research project they plan on receiving if the description is 2500 Words

Not a bad payday but I hope that they don't recruit some evil economic professor to write the paper that says Bitcoin will crash and only be worth 10 dollars or else Swift will have some bad info of its utility  ::)