I’m a big Monero fan because I love liberty, but Proof of Work use too much electricity. However it’s the best for security as for now. I really believe that cryptocurrencies (and blockchain) are good for the future, it meant to empower people, the true people not the banks and big corporation. Obviously nothing went as excpected but we’re only at the start of a new financial system. I recently discover Nano, SolarCoin and other “sustainable” cryptocurrencies. So I thought maybe the future can be good for both world, no need of central banks to hold funds (and invest in fossil fuel, money laundering and wars), individuals and communities could handle their funds, makes transactions without third parties involved, people could heat their houses and mine (or whatever it does) with solar energy, Solar Optimal mining of XMR for exemple is a super idea in my opinion. Why not using Wind energy to secure the network, validate the transactions etc… Does anyone already wrote stuff on a perfect cryptocurrency for a solarpunk society ? Also does Nano and SolarCoin looks legit to you are are these just greenwashing shitcoins ?

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    15 months ago

    I think if the goal of the currency is not to convert to fiat or make money overall then crypto is pretty anarchist by itself as it allow to create parallel markets. I like the spin of SolarCoin but in the end it falls in the pit of other coins because its value is measured in fiat. Nano in my opinions has a couple of issues. The community can be a bit crazy at times, at the end of the crypto craziness I ended up leaving the nano sub on reddit about it because people there were a bit intense. Also, I think it needed more developer involvement at least at the time I last interacted with them. I don’t think there is anything wrong with proof of work, it’s a matter of power sources. Problem is that most currencies don’t care about energy sources.

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    19 months ago

    hmmm, interesting question.

    As currencies only work if they serve as mediums of exchange that is widely acceptable in exchange for goods and services. It would have to provide a value that everyone wants/needs. Traditionally governments used taxes to create the initial baseline demand for their issued currency.

    The holding of a funds is a non-issue. (You might find Gnu Taler interesting https://taler.net/)

    The hard problem is who/what creates value in the desired society and how to fairly allocate the value to the members who contribute that value.

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      2 years ago

      You really need to use common sense and do your own research to be sure if they are a scam or not. Ask questions like:

      • does it solve a problem other than making the holders money?
      • is it distributed fairly?
      • who controls distribution/txn confirmation?

      If no problem is solved, or if a small number of entities are in control, then it is a scam.

      From what I know Nano is not a scam (~95% of coins were distributed for free through CAPTCHAS and there is no inflation (or fees)).

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      02 years ago

      I never look at nano until I saw this picture but I think it’s been there for 6 years now. After that I search for sustainable coins and found solarcoin.