[Taxacom] VEROs

[Mario Schädel]

Dear Sam,

thank you for sharing your work!. Can you please elaborate on the energy 
consumption and the CO2 balance of such a method of funding. As I 
understand it (not an expert), right now most of the NFT trading happens 
with the currency Ethereum, which, if I am informed correctly, has an 
insane power consumption per transaction (see Source 1). This would mean 
that registering and selling one 3D model would result in a CO2 balance 
of driving more than 1000 kilometers by car (correct me if I'm wrong). 
Shouldn't one wait until Ethereum switches to a more sustainable 
technology, which is supposed to happen next year (see Source 2)? Are 
there more sustainable platforms and currencies, that you would recommend?

Source 1: https://digiconomist.net/ethereum-energy-consumption/

Source 2: 
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-23/ethereum-closes-in-on-long-sought-fix-to-cut-energy-use-over-99

Best wishes,

Mario


On 8/30/21 2:49 PM, Bolton, Sam via Taxacom wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> This email is to alert you to a potential funding mechanism for the generation of 3D models from biological specimens.
>
> Megataxa paper: https://www.mapress.com/mt/article/view/megataxa.6.2.2
> Website: https://www.vero-nft.org/
>
> NFTs are already being sold for large amounts of money, largely due to rarity. Well, natural history collections are loaded with rarity.
>
> For anyone that already has 3D models of important specimens, we suggest using VEROs (a type of NFT linked to real world rarity) to generate funds from them. VEROs can be used as a source of funds whereas their associated 3D models can be used as a substitute for specimens when moving those specimens between collections or over international borders is impossible. So VEROs and 3D models are complementary.
>
> If anyone has any questions or is interested in minting VEROs in the near future, please contact me and I will do my best to provide any help and advice that I can.
>
> Best wishes to you all,
>
> Sam
>
>
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