17-04-2018 14:53 via thedrum.com

FF Los Angeles helps preserve the oceans by mining for Bitcoin

FF Los Angeles is helping save the oceans in an unconventional way – by mining them for Bitcoin.
The agency has unveiled the ‘Ocean Miner’ project for the Tara Expéditions Foundation. It’s a system somewhere between blockchain and land art that gives the ocean a chance to produce Bitcoin to finance its own preservation.
The Tara Expéditions Foundation travels the world’s seas with scientists proactively studying and understanding the ocean to better pr
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