The 2024 University of Wyoming Giving Day will be Oct.23-24, noon-noon. Support UW Center for Blockchain and Digital Innovation education, research and outreach programs by donating during the 24 hours of the event. This year is the tenth anniversary of the UW Giving Day which is being celebrated as The Power of 10!
Those who wish to participate in this annual tradition can go to the UW Giving Day website (uwyo.edu/givingday) to give online. Donors can support the UW college, unit, or program of their choice, and all gifts during this time are counted towards the giving day total.
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DON'T FORGET TO SUPPORT THE UW BLOCKCHAIN CLUB!
The Center for Blockchain and Digital Innovation (CBDI) is an interdisciplinary center focused on emerging technologies to foster innovation, economic development, and education.
The CBDI is shared by the College of Business, College of Engineering and Applied Science, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and the School of Energy Resources; it is also working with the state’s community colleges.
October 10, 2024 -- A blockchain company has entered into an agreement with the University of Wyoming to investigate ways to securely monitor foreign ownership of sensitive U.S. land and critical infrastructure, while protecting the privacy of American landowners.
Balcony, a company using blockchain to secure government real estate records, is working with the UW Center for Blockchain and Digital Innovation (CBDI) to develop a system that could be used to implement national security policies by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.
“The project aims to create barriers for bad actors while eliminating concentrated repositories of valuable data called a honeypot,” says Steve Lupien, the Ada Lovelace Director of the CBDI. “Multiple university units will be involved, including the School of Energy Resources; College of Agriculture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources; College of Law; and College of Business. As many as 15 faculty, undergraduate and graduate students may be involved as well.” Read more.
A student higher education resource website ranks the University of Wyoming among the top Blockchain education programs in the nation.
UW is ranked second among top the five Cryptocurrency or Blockchain programs listed by SuccessfulStudent.org, a website founded in 2014 by educators, data scientists, and academics. UW is ranked behind the University of Southern California and ahead of Fordham, University of the Cumberland, and South College.
The UW Center of Blockchain and Digital Innovation (CBDI) began offering an undergraduate minor degree in Blockchain in 2021.
Alex Pruden, Executive Director of the Aleo Network Foundation, left, discusses ZK Cryptography and how Aleo is implementing it, with Steve Lupien, Ada Lovelace Director, University of Wyoming Center for Blockchain and Digital Innovation, and Caitlin Long, honorary chairperson of the Wyoming Blockchain Stampede. Pruden was a guest speaker at the 2024 Stampede on Wednesday, Sept. 18.
Growing Wyoming” was the theme of the seventh annual Wyoming Blockchain Stampede Sept. 16-21 at the University of Wyoming.
Presented by the UW Center for Blockchain and Digital Innovation (CBDI), the Stampede featured top experts in innovative technologies; economic development; startups; fintech, quantum computing; bitcoin mining; digital literacy; regulation and law.
The week included a meeting of the Wyoming Legislature’s Select Committee on Blockchain, Financial Technology and Digital Innovation Technology; the UW College of Business Career Fair, the Second Wyoming Computing Symposium: “Data Analytics and Computing Advances for Drone Applications (DACADA),” a meeting of Wyoming Stable Token Commission; Cardano Days; and the Stampede eSports Meetup and Competition.
CONTACT USCenter for Blockchain and Digital Innovation | College of Business Department 3275
1000 E. University Avenue | Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: (307) 766-6847
Email:blockchain@uwyo.edu
