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IC3 and Ethereum Holding Cryptocurrency Boot Camp at CIS

IC3, an initiative for cryptocurrencies and contracts, along with Ethereum Foundation, a Swiss non-profit organization, will hold for the second year a "Crypto Boot Camp," an immersive weeklong coding and learning experience in blockchains and smart contracts. Held in Gates Hall July 13-19, the event showcases world-leading professors, open source developers, and students. 

The boot camp will feature daily keynote presentations by smart contract and blockchain experts including Vitalik Buterin, founder of Ethereum Foundation; Dr. Ittay Eyal from IC3 and Cornell University; Casey Detrio from Ethereum Foundation; and Andrew Miller from IC3 and UMD, among others.

The week-long event invites any developer who wants to learn, contribute and advance smart contract solutions. Planned projects during the event include White Hat Blockchain Hacks and Writing Secure Smart Contracts.

IC3 is an initiative of faculty member at Cornell University, Cornell Tech, UC Berkeley, UIUC and the Technion and is based at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech in NYC.