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>"Anyone can download the software free. So you, too, could discover a record-breaking prime number — if you have enough patience." Maybe mining zcash is lucra
by SurrealSoul 9y ago
>"Anyone can download the software free. So you, too, could discover a record-breaking prime number — if you have enough patience."
Maybe mining zcash is lucrative, but finding a new big prime number sounds pretty nice
- eternalcode 9y agoI wish we can collectively "mine" solutions for questions that are currently un-solved. Like Larger prime number, or create a hive mind that acts as an AI.
- SketchySeaBeast 9y agoIsn't that the point of projects like folding@home? And hive mind AI is literally skynet.
- pavel_lishin 9y agoThe Borg would be a better analogy; Skynet was just an AI with a specific purpose, no hive-mind about it.
- SketchySeaBeast 9y agoWell that's more reassuring.
- sweeneyrod 9y agoThere are attempts to do this, for instance Primecoin and Curecoin.