{"id":287,"date":"2014-02-13T16:57:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-13T16:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.holytransaction.com\/australian-writers-awarded-12-btc-in\/"},"modified":"2014-02-13T16:57:00","modified_gmt":"2014-02-13T16:57:00","slug":"australian-writers-awarded-12-btc-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/australian-writers-awarded-12-btc-in.html","title":{"rendered":"Australian writers awarded 12 BTC in Bitcoin Essay Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n<\/a>(CoinDesk<\/a>) The winners of Australia\u2019s first bitcoin essay competition<\/a> were announced this week, with 12 BTC in prizes awarded to three writers.<\/div>\n
\nThe writing contest, sponsored by Sydney-based exchange Bit Trade Australia<\/a>, posed the question: \u2018Digital Currencies and the future: Will Bitcoin change the world?\u2019.<\/div>\n
\nThe
\n competition opened in November last year to Australian and New Zealand
\ncitizens with the intention to drive bitcoin and digital currency
\nawareness.<\/div>\n
\nThe prize has increased in value<\/a> considerably since
\n the contest was announced. The 7 BTC first prize was worth around
\nAU$1,000 when announced, but is now worth over AU$4,000, despite this
\nweek\u2019s price turmoil<\/a>.<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\nFirst prize went to Gareth Williams, a New Zealand native who lives in Sydney and works full time as a Java programmer.<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n\u201cI
\n feel that Bitcoin, just like the Internet in the early 1990s, is a
\ntechnology with enormous potential which is largely under-appreciated in
\n the mainstream,\u201d <\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\n
\n
\nhe said.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Open your free digital wallet here<\/a> to store your cryptocurrencies in a safe place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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