Peter Szilagyi, the Ethereum team lead, recently shared his frustration with his alma mater’s lack of interest in encouraging collaboration with Ethereum among students.
In a series of posts on X (formerly Twitter), Szilagyi explained that he felt a lack of genuine interest when he returned to his old university to talk about Ethereum (ETH).
He noted that the students seemed more focused on the price of Ethereum rather than the actual project.
“The audience seems to have been stuck in the number go up aspect; and the organizers always used it as an ad campaign.”
Szilagyi also revealed that he organized a grant for 9 students to participate in Devconnect, including flights and accommodation, but claims the students are not aware of who is funding the initiative.
“I haven’t met the students myself, but someone supposedly has. They had no clue where the grant came from,” the report stated.
“Figured lets see if this piqued some interest. Wrote to a bunch of old university contacts (including the person through whom I have the grant) if they could recommend some students to potentially collab on some stuff (paid).”
However, Szilagyi insists that the university neglected to respond to his emails, leaving him in the dark about the outcome.
Recent reports suggest a growing demand for crypto and blockchain courses in universities. Major companies are helping to drive this demand, actively hiring those with crypto and blockchain knowledge to develop blockchain products.
It was also noted that there is an increase in interest from information systems students to learn about decentralized applications. In more recent news, France has opened the Institute of Crypto-Assets to support and conduct research related to blockchain technology and crypto.
