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# Why not replace bitcoin’s proof of work with proof of astrophysics
- URL: https://werd.io/why-not-replace-bitcoins-proof-of-work-with-proof-of/
- Published: 2021-09-26T17:20:19.000Z
- Updated: 2021-09-26T17:20:19.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:24

“Caveat: I clearly don’t know what I’m talking about. BUT could we invent new underpinnings of cryptocurrency that pump out social good, rather than pumping out carbon? It would be good to assemble a committee of smart people to figure that out.” I agree. I also worry about the opposite: I’ve been trying to write a story that involves a coin powered by proof of manual labor.

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