Belgian PhD student decodes DNA, wins a Bitcoin

(European Molecular Biology Laboratory - European Bioinformatics Institute) DNA Storage scientist Nick Goldman issued the Bitcoin Challenge at World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, January 2015. One week before the Jan. 21, 2018 deadline, PhD student Sander Wuyts of the University of Antwerp is the first to decode the Bitcoin, and so takes ownership. The decryption of encoded information in the DNA sample demonstrates that the digital storage method is practical. The initiative of the bioengineering PhD student inspires future research.
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