0x18h - A Fireside Chat: Episode 5

An open Forum

This week was an open forum that we kicked off by discussing the following article:

[Crypto-currency craze 'hinders search for alien life'](bbc.com/news/technology-43056744)

We also discussed:

PoS vs. PoW
Gridcoin Profitability
BOINC and superblocks
Incentives
The Principal of Forking and Synergy in the Blockchain Ecosystem (major hard-forks, not related to soft-forks)
Open Access
Open-source
Economics

Thank you to everyone for participating in this wide-ranging conversation!

I have set up [youtube](youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC6C5WwdBL4ENuhRsVsiPlpq4PllKiy6s) playlist to host episodes alongside IPFS.

Want to reserve a block?

Reach out to jringo on the Gridcoin [discord](discord.me/page/gridcoin) server or here on steemit.

I will be hosting a block on open-source,