Event Details
April 25, 2015
Description
Joichi Ito of the MIT Media Lab announces the creation of the Digital Currency Initiative and the hiring of three core Bitcoin developers (Gavin Andresen, Wladimir van der Laan, Cory Fields).
Participants (4)
| Name | Type | Mentions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gavin Andresen | person | 4 | View Entity |
| Wladimir van der Laan | person | 4 | View Entity |
| Cory Fields | person | 6 | View Entity |
| Joichi Ito | person | 19 | View Entity |
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This document is an April 2015 email from Jeffrey Epstein to MIT Media Lab director Joichi Ito. Ito informs Epstein that 'gift funds,' implicitly from Epstein, were used to hire key Bitcoin core developers (including Gavin Andresen) for the Lab's new Digital Currency Initiative. This move was made possible by the recent collapse of the developers' previous sponsor, the Bitcoin Foundation, representing a 'big win' for the MIT Media Lab.
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Location
MIT Media Lab
Significance Score
5/10
Participants
4
Source Documents
1
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2025-11-19 08:19
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Date String
2015-04-25
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