On Saturday, September 26, 2020, 08:42:20 PM PDT, grarpamp
   <grarpamp@gmail.com> wrote:

   On 9/26/20, Stefan Claas <[1]sac@300baud.de> wrote:
   >>
   [2]https://decrypt.co/43000/no-internet-no-problem-venezuela-gets-bitco
   in-satellite-node
   [3]https://old.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin+Bitcoincash+CryptoCurrencies+Crypto
   Currency+Monero+btc/search/?q=venezuela+OR+satellite&sort=top&restrict_
   sr=on
   [4]https://lists.cpunks.org/pipermail/cypherpunks/2020-September/082278
   .html
   >> While I must admit that I am no longer a fan of crypto
   >> currencies (huge global energy resources waste IMHO)
   >And what analysis are people basing that on?
   I occasionally mention my idea, from a few years ago, that the "work",
   as in "proof of work" for coins like Bitcoin, could be shifted to
   weather forecasting, from finding specific hashes.
   Not that I know how to implement that!!!  But my idea is, we will
   "always" need to forecast the weather, and the computations for this
   will continue to be huge, for the foreseeable future.  So, such
   computations are inherently valuable.
   See:
   "jim bell <jdb10987@yahoo.com>
   To:ryan.pear@ownbay.net,cypherpunks@cpunks.org
   Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 3:14 PM
   >About Repbin:
   >Repbin is an encrypted pastebin for the command line that runs over
   Tor!
   >Repbin servers form a distributed network where nodes sync posts with
   >each other (like in Usenet or BBS/Fido systems). This makes Repbin
   >resilient and scalable. Repbin focuses on privacy (encrypted messages)
   >and anonymity (padding and repost chains). To limit spam and
   >denial-of-service attacks, Repbin uses the Hashcash proof-of-work
   >algorithm which is widely known from Bitcoin mining.
   >Learn more about Repbin here:
   >[5]https://github.com/repbin/repbin/blob/master/README.md
   Has anybody ever considered the idea of doing otherwise-useful CPU work
   with the power currently expended  by computing hashes in Bitcoin
   mining?  The most obvious application would be weather forecasting:  It
   could use a huge amount of computation, on a continuously ongoing
   basis, and is valuable to every nation on earth.  Whether it can be
   lasso'ed into a bitcoin-mining engine, I don't know.
                 Jim Bell

References

   1. mailto:sac@300baud.de
   2. https://decrypt.co/43000/no-internet-no-problem-venezuela-gets-bitcoin-satellite-node
   3. https://old.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin+Bitcoincash+CryptoCurrencies+CryptoCurrency+Monero+btc/search/?q=venezuela+OR+satellite&sort=top&restrict_sr=on
   4. https://lists.cpunks.org/pipermail/cypherpunks/2020-September/082278.html
   5. https://github.com/repbin/repbin/blob/master/README.md