Re:Oceans 'soaking up more heat than estimated'
by gibsons77 on Thursday November 01, 2018 @09:42AM
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I'm sorry to be that guy, but I really think blockchain offers solutions to these types of coordination problems. For example, Aragon just launched their mainnet today. They made a platform that allows distributed collaboration between groups of people. I think this could potentially reduce bureaucracy and reduce the time between idea and implementation. I have zero stake in Aragon btw, I just find it fascinating and it gives me some hope that humans can come together to positively affect the world.
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Re:Oceans 'soaking up more heat than estimated'
by archagon on Thursday November 01, 2018 @10:49AM
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Crypto could also become one of the biggest contributors to climate change, since itβs literally just wasting as much energy as possible to make money.
Re:Oceans 'soaking up more heat than estimated'
by gibsons77 on Friday November 02, 2018 @01:25PM
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The monetary system itself is a big contributor or climate change. Kings used to require empires in order to protect their gold stores. I think securing the longest PoW (or PoS) chain is a very good use of resources, as it's tantamount to a king protecting his gold.
Re:Oceans 'soaking up more heat than estimated'
by agumonkey on Thursday November 01, 2018 @11:06AM
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yeah, I don't buy the future of crypto. Too many cons (energy and other) not enough pros.
Re:Oceans 'soaking up more heat than estimated'
by hamiltonkibbe on Thursday November 01, 2018 @10:45AM
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How does Aragon's effectiveness for this compare to e.g a Google Docs spreadsheet?
Re:Oceans 'soaking up more heat than estimated'
by gibsons77 on Friday November 02, 2018 @01:33PM
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It can handle economic decisions within an organization using democracy, or multi-sigs to a few trusted individuals. It's also connected to Web 3.0, so you have all of the benefits of being within the ethereum ecosystem.