Re: Scientific Experiment with Reward in Bitcoin

Quote from: Hermel on December 21, 2014, 04:48:07 PM

University of Zurich performs an experiment that rewards participants in Bitcoins:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1IrJJn7Th9veghxfirrj3aQqx23nhDBhUIBGspfaybS4/viewform

That's probably the first time Bitcoin is used for scientific research. Bitcoin is a great choice as it allows for anonymous incentives.

Reddit discussion:
http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2pzc4h/play_a_game_earn_bitcoins_for_science/

Well, looks like the experiment has ended; they're still accepting the survey but payments are over.

10 mBTC isn't huge, but what's important is that they thought of using Bitcoin as a reward, opening a new way of using Bitcoins.