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Bitcoin encoded in DNA sample, shipped to Antwerp

Belgian PhD student decodes DNA and wins a Bitcoin
19 January 2018

Nick Goldman and three children talk about encoding into synthetic DNA the
text of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Convention on the Rights of the Child stored in DNA
12 November 2019

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