In early December, the New Jersey Division of Comumer Affairs issued a subpoena
and interrogatories to MIT undergraduate Jeremy Rubin under the New Jersey
Consumer Fraud Act, regarding Mr Rubin's academic project, a proof-of-concept
computer program that demonstrated how to facilitate the production of Bitcoin
- but DID NOT actually produce any Bitcoin.  New Jersey's investigation has
exerted a chilling effect on academic freedom, and therefore on the economic
and social benefits of higher education.  I urge you to drop your investigation,
especially as this computer program did not actually produce or exchange any
Bitcoin, and did not involve any trade with or within the state of New Jersey.
The world of technological innovators is watching New Jersey, and New Jersey is
making a bad name for itself amongst those innovators.