Hat tip Tyler Cowen, the link is here. A couple of thoughts on this:
- I’m not sure NSF is aware of the crypto-side of this new ecosystem
- I’m pretty sure that university sponsored program offices aren’t either
So it may be quite challenging for established academic scientists to play in these sandboxes because of reporting/compliance requirements of the legacy funding systems. How do you make a list of your current and pending funding in bitcoin?
Discoverers and Discoveries 