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Re:Skyscraper design combines cryptocurrency mining with ver... by pm90 on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @05:59PM (#24054935)
Literally the first line of the article:

> As an entry to the 2019 Evolo Skyscraper Competition, JCPOA Tower was designed to combine cryptocurrency mining with a water park

So it’s a design competition. It would be similar to you asking why teams build autonomous vehicles for the DARPA grand challenges.

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Re:Skyscraper design combines cryptocurrency mining with ver... by gaukes on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @06:11PM (#24055036)
It's like if Stanford brought a picture of an L5 self driving car to the DARPA grand challenge.
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Re:Skyscraper design combines cryptocurrency mining with ver... by dkarl on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @06:16PM (#24055079)
And it's a self-balancing hydrogen fuel cell unicycle.
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