Proof of Stillness

I am always thinking of ideas inspired by Steemit’s proof of brain concept. I find myself still amazed at this disruptive approach to the attention economy made possible by cryptocurrency and the blockchain. Actifit is a great example of the kind of implementations that inspire these musings.

Being rewarded for having a healthy and active lifestyle makes perfect sense. It brings the community together, ironically sharing about their time away from the screen.

By combining proof of work with proof of stake, CureCoin proposes to use the blockchain to solve medical problems by creating models of protein to solve with the folding@home project. Like with Steemit, some of the computational power goes towards security while some goes towards a real world application. In this case: curing cancer or Alzheimer’s disease.

This Is a very academic example but with the explosion of gaming Dapps on the blockchain it begs the question, will we soon be rewarded for playing games? If so, should fitness games like Beat Sabre or Let’s Dance be more rewarded than playing Mario Bros or Fortnite? After all, by keeping the population fit, it stands to reason that you reduce the collective health bill, keeping them productive for longer. Will this be a criteria in attributing value to otherwise leisurely activities?

This brings me to my idea, proof of stillness, an invaluable tool for life models. I have no idea what the market cap for life modelling is but it must be sizeable. With future technology, I propose to invent a towel with sensors and to score life models for stillness directly on the blockchain. This could be the perfect way to generate tips to compensate for wages that have stalled compared to inflation for over 3 decades.

So maybe I was shaky this morning for my one minute poses, ok, I was. Maybe I would loose my tip but the way things stand, I’m not making any on a good day.

This is the kind of day dream I have about the blockchain.

With the advent of self serving tills, it is clear that people choose their convenience over giving people jobs. Basic Universal Income is an important concept that will only grow and so far, blockchain culture is among the rare options that we can consider. Mainstream media is quick to say that the crypto sphere has abandoned hope of ever competing with credit card companies as far as the currency aspect is concerned. That is not true. Credit card algorithms are not open source, they are not a community and it is possible that one day, cryptocurrency will prevail.

On another note, these are the wonderful drawings of yours truly by the talented animation students of Capilano U.

“You made me well endowed”, I told this student to which he replied, “well you are!”. Thanks I guess...

There’s the guy. “I hope you don’t mind that I drew you in a manga style”. Why would I? I love it!

I stayed a bit with Mo, their teacher after class. He absolutely loves his job. He is so relatable, always makes it a point to throw an anecdote in his class, always getting laughs. He will ask me to move whatever part of the body they are working on and traces the bones on me with a marker which tickles.

Other teachers ask him when he will retire, eying his position. “They had better wish me dead” he says. I love it.