Peter Szilagyi, the team lead for Ethereum">Ethereum core development, aired grievances on Twitter regarding his former university’s apathetic response to exploring student collaboration with Ethereum.
Szilagyi claimed past campus speaking engagements focused overly on ETH’s price versus the technology. He also funded a trip for 9 students to attend Devconnect.
However, Szilagyi said the students seemed unaware he supplied the grant. Later inquiries to university contacts asking to recommend students for paid Ethereum collaboration opportunities yielded no response.
The apparent indifference contrasts growing global demand for crypto education, as major corporates hire blockchain talent. It also ignores surging interest in decentralized apps.
Szilagyi’s experience shows lingering institutional obstacles to blockchain proliferation. But progress arises through France’s new crypto research institute.
If the technology’s leaders can’t rally campus interest, mainstream adoption may struggle. Renewed academic engagement is key to unlocking blockchain’s future.
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