Microsoft has proposed to use the human body for cryptocurrency mining

Microsoft published a patent application on March 26 under a self-explanatory title."A cryptocurrency system that uses body activity data."

The document says that to the user's bodyYou can connect a sensor that reads data on its activity and transfers them to the cryptocurrency system. The latter, in turn, verifies the information received, and if it meets pre-established conditions, rewards the user with digital currency.

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“For example, a brain wave or secretedthe user is warm in his body when he performs the task provided by the information or service provider, such as viewing advertisements or using certain Internet services. All this can be involved in the mining process. ", - says the description of a fundamentally new version of the Proof-of-Work (PoW) algorithm.

Thus, Microsoft offers an alternative to the capital and energy-intensive traditional PoW mining.

Earlier, ForkLog reported that the Chinese central bank has filed 84 patents for various technologies related to the launch of the national digital currency.