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Peter Szilagyi, Ethereum team lead, has expressed frustration over his alma mater’s lack of interest in providing opportunities for students to collaborate with Ethereum. In a series of posts on X (formerly Twitter), Szilagyi explained that he has always felt a lack of genuine interest when he has returned to his old university to deliver talks about Ethereum (ETH). He stated that the students appeared to be more focused on the price of Ethereum rather than the project itself. “The audience seems to have been stuck in the number go up aspect; and the organizers always used it as an ad campaign.” Over the past years I’ve been asked many times to do talks at my old university about #Ethereum. I did a couple of them, but didn’t feel genuine interest. The audience seems to have been stuck in the number go up aspect; and the organizers always used it as an ad campaign. 1/4 — Péter Szilágyi (karalabe.eth) (@peter_szilagyi) December 2, 2023 Szilagyi noted that this year he organized a grant for 9 students to participate in Devconnect, including flights and accommodation. However, he 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. “Two [weeks] later, zero effs, not even a response,” he declared. Related: Ethereum price rallies toward key resistance but is ETH’s strength sustainable? However,…

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