[HN Gopher] Play chess, earn money
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Play chess, earn money
Author : aspenmayer
Score : 9 points
Date : 2022-01-29 21:50 UTC (1 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.powchess.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.powchess.com)
| btdmaster wrote:
| Requires a https://handcash.io account to earn money, which is
| bound by KYC etc. I'm happy with Lichess.
| mdm12 wrote:
| It's the logical next step in the saga that is cryptocurrency:
| have human miners waste their mental CPU cycles.
| SubiculumCode wrote:
| Interesting. But there is so much cheating in online chess these
| days, adding money just seems like trouble.
| klyrs wrote:
| They _say_ there 's money involved, but the statistics paint a
| different picture: 4,690 Games 625
| Players 72.7 K Transactions $ 0 Volume
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| I'm not really sure what to make of the ratio of transactions
| to games... and despite that, zero volume?
| 91dylwyn wrote:
| Somebody made money... its now $ 1,040
|
| Did someone win?
| 91dylwyn wrote:
| If no ads and no member fee...where is the money from? I don't
| quite get it. Nice graphic tho.
| beebmam wrote:
| "All relevant actions are stored forever on a public blockchain."
| - yeah, no thanks! So much human effort put into dystopian
| blockchain technologies, what a shame.
|
| Do we really have to monetize everything? I opine that social
| media has become such a cesspool because monetization has become
| more accessible and lucrative over the last decade.
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