Rather than applying for and
accepting a waiver from some of the more onerous provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind Act in
exchange for adopting a series of education reforms as 33 other states have done, Texas submitted a notice of intent to apply for a waiver via a
different mechanism
on the last day of the most recent application period, Sept. 13, 2012.
Different currencies were
accepted during the ICO: digital currencies Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Tether directly
on the platform, as well as U.S. Dollars through
exchanges.