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A Belgium–based swarm intelligence conference is breaking new ground, with bitcoin set to be accepted as payment for registration. This makes it the first such scientific event to accept the digital currency.
The appropriately named ANTS, the ninth international conference on swarm intelligence, is set to be held in Brussels from September 10th to 12th by IRIDIA — the country’s leading artificial intelligence lab located at the Free University of Brussels (Université Libre de Bruxelles).
“There are several reasons why we decided to include bitcoin as a payment option,” Arne Brutschy, Director of the Belgian Bitcoin Association, told CoinDesk. “It’s a logical step after being the incubator of much of Belgian’s bitcoin activity — we try to promote and use bitcoin where we can. As we’re not a business, we have very little opportunity to do so practically, but our bi–annual conference gave us such an opportunity.”
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