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Elite North Korean students lectured on Bitcoin, blockchain technology

PUST says teaching crypto-currency know-how "benefits the people of the DPRK"

Elite North Korean students were given a course on blockchain technology and the crypto-currency Bitcoin in early November, the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST) announced via its website last week.

According to the website, the course was part of the “PUST Research Lecture Series” and was led by Federico Tenga, an Italian bitcoin entrepreneur.

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