HOUSE OVERSIGHT 026361 employees of the Bitcoin Foundation. The three other core developers, who draw salaries from different employers, will continue in that status. > > The usually rather feisty community has been overall very supportive and I think it is because of our strong research focus and our neutral position. > > The initiative has strong support from faculty across campus including crypto guru Ron Rivest and former Chief Economist of the IMF, Simon Johnson as well as faculty at the Media Lab, Sandy Pentland and Andy Lippman. > > More about initiative here: > > http://joi.ito.com/weblog/2015/04/15/announcing-mit-dci.html > https://medium.com/@medialab/launching-a-digital-currency-initiative-238fc678aba2 > > I hired one of Megan's former colleagues from the White House, Brian Forde who was in charge of figuring out Bitcoin at the White House and brief the POTUS on Bitcoin to run the initiative and he is doing an amazing job so far. > > https://newsoffice.mit. edu/2015/brian-forde-media-lab-director-digital-currency-0415 > > Fred and Reid on the Advisory Council have been super helpful in helping us navigate this. Advisory Council member Jim Pallotta is also active in this space and joined our first and very successful dinner with Media Lab Member (sponsor) companies to kick off a special interest group for our companies. > > I am in discussions with Stanford, Princeton and Hong Kong UST to create an academic network for research. We are also participating in a policy network with Stanford, Harvard and Oxford. > > Happy to follow with more information for anyone interested in learning more or getting involved. > > - Joi please note The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of JEE Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part ther