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Re:Proofs of Useful Work [pdf] by kurthr on Friday December 22, 2017 @06:21PM (#15991727)
Like Protein folding, Search for ExtraTerestrials, Asteroids, etc... there are a lot of them, some of which structured properly could provide public benefit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_distributed_computing_...

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Re:Proofs of Useful Work [pdf] by microtherion on Friday December 22, 2017 @10:56PM (#15992827)
I'd like to suggest "AlienCoin": Proof of work consists of processing SETI@Home blocks, and mining rewards are paid out to whoever finds an alien civilization.
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