DC Blockchain Summit Scholar
The Chamber of Digital Commerce, a trade association representing the digital asset industry, in collaboration with the MIT [Media Lab] Digital Currency Initiative (DCI), will be providing 30 diversity scholarships for the Chamber’s upcoming event, the DC Blockchain Summit.  The event will be held March 3rd at Georgetown University.

The scholarships are being offered to people of color and women between the ages of 18-25. The summit will be the first of its kind held in Washington, D.C. and aims to provide insight into policy challenges facing the new technology.

Scholarship is for admission to the DC Blockchain Summit only and does not include travel or housing. Lunch will be provided at the Summit.

Applications are due February 24th and scholarship recipients will be informed of their acceptance into the program by February 29th.

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Blockchain Technology and the New Economy
Blockchain-based technologies, like bitcoin, are positioned to disrupt our economy and the process by which we exchange goods and services. The way we view a bank today could potentially be very different than the way we use it in the future.

Financial institutions around the world have dedicated significant research and development to this new technology. Many organizations are focusing their research efforts on the underlying mechanics on which bitcoin is traded, the blockchain, The blockchain is a distributed, public ledger that keeps a record of all transactions. Global technology companies and financial institutions are looking at how the blockchain can be used to transfer assets other than currencies, like bitcoin.

Given the highly disruptive mechanics of the blockchain, industries outside of financial services are investigating alternative applications for the underlying technology as well. Heightened transparency and speed of settlement are a couple characteristics that have attracted organizations to this new model of transacting.

As institutions aim to make the processes by which we transact more efficient, the economy we know today may look quite different to the one of the future.
How do you think the way people view banking will evolve over the next decade? *
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What do you think is the most promising application of the blockchain? *
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Are you between the ages of 18-25? *
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