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Would love feedback, here’s an MVP for:

** Proof Of Work(er) **

NOSTR badge issuance.

“Verified Bitcoin Miner”

👷‍♂️ Verify you’re mining bitcoin, and receive a badge as a certified miner.

🛡️ This is a great thing for Sybil resistance as it not only shows a proof of work (static) it shows a proof of worker (liveliness).

How does it work?

1. User sends their bitcoin address to the NOSTR bot.

2. NOSTR bot replies with a message to sign, which is the address the user sent plus a 7 digit code.

3. User signs message.

4. bot verifies signature and then requests update mining rig to

BTCaddress.7digit code.

5. Bot hits @ocean_mining to verify worker status and hashrate.

6. Bot issues NIP-58 compliant badge.

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Like a social achievement to incentivize to start mining or change the pool and decentralize the hashrate as a byproduct?

Yeah and you could have NOSTR groups where you can be certain you’re talking to a real person! AI is so hard now 😂

Or let’s say you wanted to talk to other home miners with bitaxes, etc…

It gives like a “proof of worker” badge, so you know they’re actually their tinkering with things. And also the hard to fake component of it. It’s very strong Sybil resistance basically!

I mine to Solo.ckpool.org. I want a badge that shows I'm superior to normies too....