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If only someone could invent a cryptocurrency that incentivises something good instead of something harmful.
by deckplecksetter 5y ago
If only someone could invent a cryptocurrency that incentivises something good instead of something harmful.
- christiansakai 5y agoProof of Social Good. Increase your neighbor's credit score and you will earn a coin.
- Tepix 5y agoIt will be gamed.
- stonewareslord 5y agoGridcoin is designed for this. It is based on scientific research and instead of sha256 hashes of random data, coins are earned by proof of your computer doing scientific research. From their homepage: > Examples include protein structure prediction (Rosetta@home), mapping the Milky Way galaxy (Milkyway@home), and tackling problems in public health and clean energy (World Community Grid).
- Tepix 5y agoHow do you prevent malicious research projects in a decentralized system?
- faeyanpiraat 5y agoWhat would you consider malicious?
- Tepix 5y agoA project that provides credits without doing valuable research.
- Forbo 5y agoOn-chain voting is used to decide what projects are whitelisted.
- pmlnr 5y agoThere's FoldingCoin: https://www.newsbtc.com/news/foldingcoin-where-people-mine-protein-folding-structures/ https://www.newsbtc.com/news/foldingcoin-where-people-mine-p... Things that would make sense: - SETI@homeCoin, ala https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SETI@home https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SETI@home - ArchiveCoin, ala https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/ArchiveTeam_Warrior https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/ArchiveTeam_Warrior These would actually be useful.
- faeyanpiraat 5y agoIf I fold for free, i get nothing. If I fold trough one of your examples I can get money. Where is that money coming from? Blockchain seems like an artificial extra step to pay folders in this case.
- baby 5y agoThe problem is that it is really hard to link non digital things to the digital world.