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Re:MS: Bitcoin mining uses as much electricity as 1M US homes by kalleboo on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @03:18AM (#15070362)
I think there are a few that have tried. E.g. Primecoin calculates prime number chains https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primecoin Looks like there are some protein folding coins as well - curecoin and FoldingCoin that contribute to folding@home
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