I blogged about the idea before of a console/miner which allows gamers to get paid to play games. The strategic implications of the idea was not quite understood. So now I present it in a different way....
Suppose Nvidia decides to release a new GPU which every owner may register. By registering (with your real name) you get an account on their blockchain. The more of these GPUs you buy from them, the more Nvidia coins you can mine. Nvidiacoins would be coins mined using Nvidia GPUs just like any other GPU mining, but done in such a way so that the miners cannot be anonymous.
Contrast this with an open source open hardware alternative which we can called OHC. OHC is mined with a yet to be determined chipset designed to be the best in class GPU/CPU. The specification for this chipset should be created to be the basis of a gamer's paradise while also allowing the gamer to mine while they play. So the gamers earn money to play games. Social media can be built in, just like with Steam for either the Nvidiacoin or OHC.
What are your thoughts on this idea?