Charles Hoskinson

Carnegie Mellon Receives $20 Million to Establish Hoskinson Center for Formal Mathematics in Dietrich College

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Wednesday, September 22, 2021
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Entrepreneur Charles C. Hoskinson has made a $20 million gift to Carnegie Mellon University to establish the Hoskinson Center for Formal Mathematics, the university announced today.

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  • PITTSBURGH, Sept. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Entrepreneur Charles C. Hoskinson has made a $20 million gift to Carnegie Mellon University to establish the Hoskinson Center for Formal Mathematics, the university announced today.
  • The Hoskinson Center will develop the technology (via the Lean platform) and techniques needed to increase world-wide access to the power of formal mathematics.
  • "Carnegie Mellon has the resources and experts to take the study of formal mathematics and disseminate it in a meaningful way," Hoskinson said.
  • The center will include joint postdoctoral positions between the Dietrich College and Mellon College of Science.

VeriBlock Foundation Discloses MESS Vulnerability in Ethereum Classic Blockchain

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Thursday, July 8, 2021
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The viability of the attack can be demonstrated without this detail, and the team will provide a version of the disclosure including the omitted detail to any Ethereum Classic developers who want to investigate the vulnerability further.

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  • The viability of the attack can be demonstrated without this detail, and the team will provide a version of the disclosure including the omitted detail to any Ethereum Classic developers who want to investigate the vulnerability further.
  • MESS builds on a subjective scoring solution originally proposed in 2014 and expanded upon in 2016 by Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin.
  • However, the subjective nature of MESS introduced a much more damaging vulnerability, VeriBlock Co-Founder and CTO Maxwell Sanchez explains.
  • The VeriBlock Foundation is a Cayman Islands nonprofit committed to increasing awareness and adoption of the VeriBlock Blockchain and its Proof-of-Proof security protocol.

BTCS Grows Blockchain Infrastructure Solutions Segment with Cardano Launch

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Tuesday, June 15, 2021
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Silver Spring, MD, June 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BTCS Inc. (OTCQB: BTCS) (BTCS or the Company), a blockchain technology focused company, today announced the expansion of its blockchain infrastructure segment with the launch of a new staking operation on Cardano, a decentralized third-generation proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain launched by ethereum co-founder Charles Hoskinson.

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  • Silver Spring, MD, June 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BTCS Inc. (OTCQB: BTCS) (BTCS or the Company), a blockchain technology focused company, today announced the expansion of its blockchain infrastructure segment with the launch of a new staking operation on Cardano, a decentralized third-generation proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain launched by ethereum co-founder Charles Hoskinson.
  • BTCS has deployed its own Cardano pool and pledged approximately 258,000 Cardano tokens (ADA).
  • BTCS is an early mover in the blockchain and digital currency ecosystems and the first Pure Play U.S. publicly traded company focused on blockchain infrastructure and technology.
  • The Company through its blockchain infrastructure operation secures ethereums and cardanos proof-of-stake blockchains by actively processing and validating blockchain transactions and is rewarded with digital assets.

Presidential Candidate Brock Pierce Joins Wyoming Blockchain Steering Committee

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Thursday, September 24, 2020
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Laramie, Wyoming, Sept. 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (via Blockchain Wire ) Independent candidate for President of the United States, Brock Pierce, has joined the Steering Committee of the Blockchain Center of Excellence at the University of Wyoming.

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  • Laramie, Wyoming, Sept. 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (via Blockchain Wire ) Independent candidate for President of the United States, Brock Pierce, has joined the Steering Committee of the Blockchain Center of Excellence at the University of Wyoming.
  • Pierce will be joined on the steering committee by Charles Hoskinson and fellow venture capitalist and philanthropist, Tim Draper.
  • Draper, who has officially endorsed Brock Pierce for President, is well-known as the founder of the Draper Fisher Jurvetson venture capital firm.
  • Hoskinson, who is the creator of the Cardano blockchain platform, has also recently endorsed Pierce for President.