Students, nonprofit to host University Blockchain Conference

Students are working with a cryptocurrency nonprofit to host UT’s first University Blockchain Conference Nov. 20 and 21. The conference is free for all students. Blockchain is a type of database shared across a network of computers instead of on a single database. Blockchain technology is used in finance, healthcare and government. Conference founder Evan Solomon created College.xyz, the nonprofit behind the conference. Solomon said the goal of the conference is to help students break into blockchain. He said as a student at the University of Michigan, he saw a clear path for getting jobs in other career paths, and built a club to help students get internships in the blockchain industry. Advertisement President of Texas Blockchain Nathan Liow said students in the Texas Blockchain club have helped organize and advertise the conference. Because the conference is open to other universities, College.xyz has also helped pay for travel fees.

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