April 1, 2020 - Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, the patent holding subsidiary of Microsoft Corp., has filed a patent for a human-powered cryptocurrency mining system that uses human body activity data to mine cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin.

Body activity data may be generated based on the sensed body activity of the user. a cryptocurrency system communicatively coupled to the device of the user may verify whether or not the body activity data satisfies one or more conditions set by the cryptocurrency system, and award cryptocurrency to the user whose body activity data is verified.

Given MAM as a lightweight data transmission protocol over a tamper-proof distributed ledger, we set out to assess its potential for broadcasting sensitive activity data. We implemented a system that could broadcast sensor data from wearable devices using MAM.

March 30, 2020 - Microsoft has filed an application for a patent on a cryptocurrency mining system fueled by data collected from people as they partake in activities like exercising, viewing advertisements, or reading.

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September 14, 2021 - The system could use physical exertion to mine cryptocurrencies: sensors could detect when the body is doing a physical task, such as a faster pulse, and use that data to unlock blocks.

January 5, 2021 - Body activity data may be generated based on the sensed body activity of the user. A · cryptocurrency system communicatively coupled to the device of the user may verify

The applicant states that "human body activity associated with a solution of the task provided can be used for mining of cryptocurrency". Along with this not only physical and motor activity of a person can be controlled.

June 1, 2020 - Microsoft and Bill Gates have filed a patent numbered 060606 for a microchip which is inserted into the body and which rewards activity with cryptocurrency. ... Microsoft's 060606 patent doesn't reference injectable microchips.

Human body activity associated with a task provided to a user may be used in a mining process of a cryptocurrency · system. A server may provide a task to a device of a user which is communicatively coupled to the server. A sensor · communicatively coupled to or comprised in the device of the user may sense body activity of the user. Body · activity data may be generated based on the sensed body activity of the user...

The online patent application can be summarized as follows: The human body activity associated with the task provided to a user can be used in the mining process of a cryptocurrency system. A server can provide a task to a user's device connected to the server.

Body activity data may be generated based on the sensed body activity of the user. The cryptocurrency system communicatively coupled to the device of the user may verify if the body activity data satisfies one or more conditions set by the cryptocurrency system, and award cryptocurrency to the user whose body activity data is verified.

March 29, 2020 - Microsoft has patented a cryptocurrency mining system that leverages human activities, including brain waves and body heat, when performing online tasks such as using search engines, chatbots, and reading ads.

April 5, 2020 - In the patent, titled “Cryptocurrency ... proposed a system that processing digital currencies using data collected from people as they exercise or from other human body activities such as regular brain waves related to specific tasks...

The system communicates with a user's device to receive body activity data sensed by a sensor. The system verifies if the body activity data satisfies conditions and awards cryptocurrency to users whose data is verified.

March 12, 2025 - A valid blockchain use case, finally! ... ButtCoin. It's a scam. At least we're honest about it! Join this discord to chat: https://discord.gg/sEKCFCegp7 ... Microsoft patent “W02020060606 CRYPTOCURRENCY SYSTEM USING BODY ACTIVITY DATA” was published 3/26/2020

SYSTEM USING BODY ACTIVITY DATA.

The patent says specific data could be produced by watching an advertisement for a certain time, for example, or through using a specific social network or website. The data then gets relayed back to the cryptocurrency system which can check ...

April 27, 2020 - The application, entitled “Cryptocurrency System Using Body Activity Data” explains how a “brain wave or body heat emitted from the user when the user performs the task provided by an information service provider, such as viewing an advertisement or using certain internet services, can be used in the mining process.”