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Media controversy over RMIT blockchain unit’s links to right-wing think-tank – Cointelegraph
An Australian university blockchain hub has been linked to a right-wing think-tank, causing controversy among uni staff members
The RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hubs association with influential right-wing think-tank The Institute of Public Affairs has been roundly criticised in a 1200-word news feature in Guardian Australia by other members of staff.
The hub received $6 million from the Melbourne based RMIT University and claims to be the worlds first research centre on the social science of blockchain.
However one third of the universitys blockchain research staff, including co-directors Jason Potts and Christopher Be…
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