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257 points greyface- | 1 comments | 16 May 25 12:30 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | source
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A_Duck ◴[16 May 25 12:51 UTC] No.44004852[source]▶
Why must crypto infect everything good?

Is the incentive even necessary? It would be worth testing if there are enough scientists who are keen to promote information sharing in their field without some minimal reward

I also wonder if this will make the penalties for uploaders more severe since it becomes a commercial act

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1. alphazard ◴[16 May 25 14:56 UTC] No.44006265[source]▶
Economics always matter. All we have is our time, and if you want people to do things or act in a certain way or otherwise use their time in a way that benefits others or you, then you need to align their incentives.

For small/upstart projects, cryptocurrency is the best way to create economic incentives at the present moment. And you can blame regulations and poor financial infrastructure for that.