A young PhD student won 1 bitcoin by creating a code in a DNA tube – a challenge created during the World Economic Forum 2015 in Davos.

Sander Wuyts, PhD student at the University of Antwerp, successfully solved the DNA Storage Bitcoin Challenge before the deadline set by its creator, Professor Nick Goldman, of the University of Antwerp. European Bioinformatics Institute: "Goldman was always ready to send me a tube of DNA," recounts Wuyts in an accompanying statement about how he only decided to go in to the end of 2017 after seeing a tweet from the well-known British scientist.

"The DNA contained instructions on to claim the bitcoin, the logo of the European Institute of Bioinformatics, a drawing by James Joyce and a few other things.

Wuyts and a small team collaborated to win the prize, even organizing a "little hackathon" While the 2018 Davos Forum is taking place with Cointelegraph, Wuyts' is the last example of what has been a common trend in Bitcoin for several years: incitement to innovation, mostly through hackathons, to strengthen the capabilities of new technology.

Wuyts a continued on the history of the challenge:

"To be honest, I had doubts about the feasibility of the use of DNA. store data. This challenge has changed that. Now, I know very well that this new technology offers great opportunities, maybe even for future research.

He added that he would use the Bitcoin Prize to fund research and reward those who helped him