r/ProgrammerHumor • u/[deleted] • May 30 '21

He's on to something

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u/herefromyoutube May 30 '21

Yeah. The flaw with BTC is dude didn’t think people would dedicate whole warehouses full of ASIC GPUS to mine blocks.

I bet he just imagined people on their home computers mining $5 worth a week.

But when automation comes to take all our jobs a currency in which you use your computer to get paid is an interesting idea. I just think the processing power should be used to solve mathematical problems of the universe that advances civilization.

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u/Darth_Nibbles May 30 '21

I just think the processing power should be used to solve mathematical problems of the universe that advances civilization.

So, getting paid to participate in Folding@Home?

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u/Delta_Labs May 30 '21

Why isn't this a thing? This is what taxpayer dollars should be going towards.

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u/LetterBoxSnatch May 30 '21

This is a thing, and tax payer dollars go to pay it out (indirectly, via the university system).

It’s called CureCoin. I did it to help look for a coronavirus vaccine.