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Idea floated: cryptocurrency using protein folding as proof of work
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 user has proposed creating a cryptocurrency whose proof-of-work mechanism would involve useful computation such as protein folding, instead of the wasted GPU cycles typical of mining. The suggestion argues this would redirect computing power toward scientific benefit rather than heat and pollution, amid concerns that stolen coins help fund North Korea's nuclear weapons programme.
Why now: The proposal links crypto mining's energy waste to a productive scientific use, and touches on current debate over crypto theft funding nuclear weapons programmes.
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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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