CureCoin: A cryptocurrency that eliminates disease
Presenting a cryptocurrency like Bitcoin, but with the goal of harnessing all the computing power and energy a cryptocurrency generates towards a meaningful scientific and medical purpose. What is Cure Coin? So much energy and power is wasted on re-securing the blockchain and computing arbitrary hashes for Bitcoin. CureCoin is an alternative cryptocurrency that boils down to a proof of work system based upon valuable computer calculations. Cure Diseases. Valuable scientific and medical data is provided by the Folding@Home project (F@H) run by Stanford University. The F@H project is a....
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