# Prof. David Yermack is designing a course on Bitcoin

1 School News April 9, 2014 ![Wall Street Journal logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/wsjlogo.jpg?itok=5Qt0z3WX)>

Excerpt from [The Wall Street Journal](http://blogs.wsj.com/atwork/2014/04/09/nyu-mining-bitcoin-for-new-class/) -- "Starting to assess bitcoin from an academic angle while the currency is still in its infancy allows [Yermack](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/david-yermack) and Miller to set the agenda for future study of the subject. 'You can help shape the field by stipulating what you think the important topics are,' Yermack says. 'For an academic, that’s fun.'”

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