Plantoid – A Bitcoin-Eating Robot, Merges The Natural World With Blockchain Tech
Will blockchain technology some day closely mimic the complexities of the natural world? The Plantoid, a “blockchain-based life form,” marks an attempt to demonstrate the potential for technology to emulate the natural world. Plantoid uses art to illustrate the creation of autonomous, blockchain-based entities that manage their own activities and even reproduce. A Blockchain-Based Life Form. “As a ‘blockchain-based life form,’ the Plantoid brings the concept of autonomy to a whole new level,” said Primavera De Filippi, who manages the project, according to an article in SingularityHub, a....
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If androids dream of electric sheep, then Plantoids dream of digital currency. The robot plant species, debuted at last month's Ars Electronica festival by French artist group Okhaos, relies on bitcoin to stay alive and - once it has enough - even reproduce. How does it work? Just as bees pollinate crops, members of the public 'feed' the plant by sending funds to its bitcoin wallet. As the balance grows, its leaves unfurl one by one. Then, once it reaches its threshold - which varies from Plantoid to Plantoid - it will signal via "a display of colour and light" that it is ready to....
Last month, while searching the net, CoinTelegraph came across an interesting Blockchain-based invention – the Plantoid. It is a robot which “eats” Bitcoins and hires artists to replicate and evolve, all by itself. The idea seemed quite interesting and unusual, though CT couldn’t figure out any practical purpose for it. That’s why CT decided to look for such cases. For what it’s worth, the technology could be a revolution. Maybe, we just don’t realize it yet. Plantoid is a steampunk-looking iron sunflower with hooky petals. It was created by Primavera De Filippi, a researcher at the....
At a first, superficial glance, a Plantoid is “a welded mechanical sculpture on display in a public space — an aesthetic ornament that exhibits its mechanical beauty and begs to be appreciated by the public.” But the sculpture is only the visible part of a new, blockchain-based Artificial Life (ALife) form. You can’t buy a Plantoid because it owns itself. If you like a Plantoid, you can show it appreciation by sending bitcoin to its wallet. Once a Plantoid has earned sufficient funds, it chooses an artist and commissions the artist to produce a new version of itself. Of course, Plantoids....
Denver-based Bext Holdings Inc. is making it simple for coffee farmers to receive a fair price quickly for their beans through the blockchain with its mobile app. Coffee has become a popular drink drunk by millions of people around the world, which is seeing millions of farmers growing the coffee beans to sell on. Unfortunately, making a profit doing so is not high, with the World Bank stating that many smallholders live on less than $2 per day. Now, though, with the Bext360 mobile app, farmers can ensure that they are receiving the correct price for their product. In a report from....
In an effort to uncover the hidden darker parts of the internet, Swiss group Mediengruppe Bitnik created a bitcoin robot as an art installation. The robot is given $100 every week to purchase random items from Agora, an online marketplace where one can buy drugs and other illegal items. The bitcoin robot managed to use its $100 to buy Ecstasy, a Hungarian passport, and a baseball cap before getting arrested. Other purchases included fake Diesel jeans, a Sprite can with a hole cut out in order to stash cash, Nike trainers, a baseball cap with a hidden camera, cigarettes and the "Lord of the....