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PhD student wins 1 Bitcoin by hacking DNA
short by Krishna Veera Vanamali / on Thursday, 25 January, 2018
PhD student Sander Wuyts from Belgium has won a Bitcoin by deciphering a code concealed in a tube of DNA. The challenge was issued in January 2015, when 1 Bitcoin's worth was $220, however, it was completed recently when 1 Bitcoin's worth was over $11,000. The message concealed in the DNA contained instructions on how to claim the Bitcoin.