Blockchain Lab

With a small but diverse lineup of five artists and two last-minute additions, Blau (stylized as “3LAU”) and his OMF team gathered performances with a strictly frat-DJ mindset in which the only direction for the mood and sound was up.

The student organization Blockchain at Berkeley, which typically teaches the Blockchain Fundamentals DeCal, organized the certificate program in cooperation with campus computer science professors.

A cryptocurrency craze has swept through the nation as students and professionals alike are investing in bitcoin and Ethereum, but the spike in interest may be hindering astronomical research.

The city of Berkeley may soon launch an “initial community offering” as part of an effort to use blockchain technology to combat homelessness and housing issues. This would make Berkeley the first city in the United States to sell digital “tokens” as part of a crowdfunding campaign, according to a Tuesday press release.

A single bitcoin’s worth as of press time is $11,498 — a stark increase from January 2017, when one bitcoin was valued at around $1,000.

UC Berkeley's Blockchain Lab received a donation Wednesday worth more than $50,000 in the form of bitcoin, a prominent virtual currency and worldwide payment system. The electronic donation, gifted by the EchoLink Foundation, is the first of its kind at both the Blockchain Lab and on campus.