January 14, 2025 -- Charles Hoskinson, the co-founder and CEO of Input Output Global (IOG), will be the featured speaker to kick off the first Wyoming Blockchain Stampede Speaker Series program Friday, Jan. 31, at the University of Wyoming. He will discuss the future of blockchain technology, digital assets and the opportunities they present for the state of Wyoming.
Hoskinson will speak from 3:30-5 p.m. in the UW College of Business Scarlett Auditorium in Laramie. This free, public event is presented by the UW Center for Blockchain and Digital Innovation (CBDI).
In an effort to boost the state’s growing esports scene, the University of Wyoming’s Center for Blockchain and Digital Innovation (CBDI) has created a new Discord community aimed at fostering gaming programs statewide.
The “Wyoming Esports Discord” server is designed to be a central hub for educational institutions looking to develop or expand their esports initiatives, says Joey Marchan, CBDI staff assistant. This platform will serve as a virtual meeting ground for schools, colleges and universities to share ideas, organize events and collaborate on projects related to competitive gaming.
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.”
teve Lupien, director of the University of Wyoming Center for Blockchain and Digital Innovation (CBDI), is among notable leaders and experts in digital assets to be involved in the inaugural Wyoming Blockchain Symposium Aug. 19-22 in Jackson.
How blockchain and other innovative technologies will grow Wyoming’s future is the focus of the seventh annual Wyoming Blockchain Stampede Sept. 16-20 at the University of Wyoming.
A significant impact on bitcoin and the broader digital asset market will occur following the anticipated bitcoin halving this month, says Steve Lupien, director of the University of Wyoming’s Center for Blockchain and Digital Innovation (CBDI).
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.
Published November 15, 2023
A University of Wyoming program to enhance blockchain, finance and digital literacy learning for Wyoming high school students will be available through Wyo BEE in fall 2024.
Wyo BEE -- which stands for Wyoming Blockchain Education for Everyone -- will supply 12 teaching modules for high school juniors, seniors and community college students to access. Included in the program is a textbook, co-written by Steve Lupien, UW Center for Blockchain and Digital Innovation director. The modules also will have teacher’s manuals, quizzes and digital certification for students who successfully complete the coursework. A digital game to help reinforce what students learn also is planned for the program.
“Wyoming has become a world leader in blockchain-related laws,” Lupien says. “It is important that high school, community college and university students, as well as the public, learn about the impacts of blockchain.”
Published June 06, 2023
A textbook co-written by the director of the University of Wyoming Center for Blockchain and Digital Innovation provides students and teachers with insights into the future of blockchain and Web 3.0.
Steve Lupien co-wrote “Blockchain Fundamentals for Web 3.0” with Mary Lacity, a distinguished professor of information systems and director of the Blockchain Center of Excellence in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas. The textbook was published this fall by the University of Arkansas Press.
Lupien teaches several courses in UW’s minor in blockchain degree program. Lupien says he and Lacity were motivated to write a textbook due to the fast-evolving nature of blockchain, which made many available books dated. While there are numerous books on blockchains, crypto and digital assets, he and Lacity focused on blockchain applications for Web 3.0.