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Idea floated for protein-folding cryptocurrency to cut wasted energy
Original: The person that creates a #crypto currency where the proof of compute is the result of some protein #folding or somethin
A social media post has floated the idea of a cryptocurrency whose proof-of-work mechanism is based on protein folding rather than conventional mining, which critics say wastes GPU power producing heat without useful output. The proposal would tie mining calculations to scientific work such as protein structure research, and the post also references cryptocurrency theft by North Korean hackers funding nuclear weapons programmes.
Why now: The idea of redirecting crypto mining's massive energy use toward useful scientific computation taps into ongoing debate about cryptocurrency's environmental cost.
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- The person that creates a #crypto currency where the proof of compute is the result of some protein #folding or something similar instead of being wasted GPU cycles producing heat and garbage so that the North Koreans can steal more #coins and build more #nuclear weapons should… · frodehommedal.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · 1
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