Ross Ulbricht, 30, was found guilty by a Manhattan federal jury on all seven counts he faced after a closely watched four -
week trial spilling out of U.S. investigations of the use of the bitcoin digital currency for drug trafficking and other crimes.
Each finalist team had about six
weeks to complete their systems and get them to the US National Oil
Spill Response Research and Renewable Energy Test Facility (OHMSETT) in Leonardo, New Jersey, for controlled
trials in July and August this year.