# Crypto Leaders Back MIT’s Four-Year Initiative To Harden Bitcoin’s Security By Coinness Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/6926 Published: 2021-02-26T04:31:04.000Z Updated: 2021-02-26T04:31:04.000Z Section: Investing > The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Digital Currency Initiative has revealed a new “Bitcoin Software and Security Effort” intended to foster research into bolstering the Bitcoin network’s defenses. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Digital Currency Initiative has revealed a new “Bitcoin Software and Security Effort” intended to foster research into bolstering the Bitcoin network’s defenses. The open-source initiative has received support from a diverse group of crypto industry leaders, including Gemini’s Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, MicroStrategy’s CEO Michael Saylor, Square CEO Jack Dorsey, and major European digital asset manager, CoinShares. [Coinness]() ## Links in this article - [Coinness](https://coinness.com)