MinorMiner: We turn your kid's maths homework into Bitcoin
a year ago
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- MinorMiner is a platform that converts children's math homework into Bitcoin mining operations.
- The platform breaks down complex Bitcoin mining algorithms (SHA-256) into simple arithmetic problems for children to solve.
- Children (referred to as 'computation partners') complete math quizzes, which are then used to perform hash calculations for Bitcoin mining.
- The system uses a Python library called CUDAAAAGH to distribute computations across children globally.
- MinorMiner plans to expand into AI training by leveraging children's math skills for matrix algebra computations.
- The company aims to optimize speed through parallelization, curriculum changes (teaching XOR operations), and teacher incentives.
- Future goals include creating a 'human computer' where children act as hardware components like CPUs and memory.