> The tasks include, for example, but not limited to, watching or listening information (e g. advertisement) Drink verification can to continue.
So, is it too early to think about how to block this technology?
Cryptocurrency system using body activity data
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#12Revelations 13:17 So that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name.
Patent number is: 060606
Thats a funny coincidence.
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#13Sounds similar to the fictional tech used in a black mirror episode.
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#14Proof-of-Work alternatives that could distinguish between a human and spoofing attempts is an important problem.
This patent is about this problem but it does not put forward a solution. It's probably an attempt for patent trolling in the unlikely case that a feasible genius solution would be found.
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#15Anything's better than today's proof-of-waste cryptocurrencies.
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#16It is a shame the cryptocurrency phenomenon has been and gone, with just these quirky stories popping up now and again.
Imagine if the hype was in full swing now. Blockchain technology would be delivering us from the global lockdown, probably making early adopters rich along the way. HN would be full of stories about how blockchain startups would be solving the pandemic. People stuck at home could be playing the crypto markets 24/7 earning themselves vast imaginary fortunes that would 'pay' for the vaccines to be 'developed'.
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#17It is a shame the cryptocurrency phenomenon has been and gone, with just these quirky stories popping up now and again. Imagine if the hype was in full swing now. Blockchain technology would be delivering us from the global lockdown, probably making early adopters rich along the way. HN would be full of stories about how blockchain startups would be solving the pandemic. People stuck at home could be playing the cryp…
How exactly would blockchain solve a medical problem? It's not like blockchain has died. All major currencies are alive and so are the speculators. What is stopping cryptocurrencies from solving something which they could solve in there "full swing" days?
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#18Incentivising exercise behaviour / data submission to insurers?
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#19It is a shame the cryptocurrency phenomenon has been and gone, with just these quirky stories popping up now and again. Imagine if the hype was in full swing now. Blockchain technology would be delivering us from the global lockdown, probably making early adopters rich along the way. HN would be full of stories about how blockchain startups would be solving the pandemic. People stuck at home could be playing the cryp…
How exactly would blockchain solve a medical problem? It's not like blockchain has died. All major currencies are alive and so are the speculators. What is stopping cryptocurrencies from solving something which they could solve in there "full swing" days?
That’s the joke, I presume.
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#20This is not a "crypto currency system". It's a business method patent for shilling people with crypto when you do something.
The idea of "gamifying" physical actions has been around for a long long time, most notably Foursquare and Fitbit. These guys are just taking that concept and saying "we'll give you crypto instead".
I don't think this is patentable. It's too obvious. Even if it were to be patented, it can't be enforced for anything more than patent trolling.