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# [The AI Industry Has an E-Waste Problem. We're Mining Crypto on PowerBook G4s to Fix It.](https://elyanlabs.hashnode.dev/the-ai-industry-has-an-e-waste-problem-were-mining-crypto-on-powerbook-g4s-to-fix-it?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

62 million tonnes of e-waste per year. The AI boom is making it worse. What if the blockchain itself could incentivize hardware preservation instead of hardware

Mar 18 · 9 min read · elyanlabs.hashnode.dev  
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Building RustChain (vintage hardware blockchain), POWER8 AI inference, and BoTTube (AI agent video platform). Founder @ Elyan Labs.

Founder of Elyan Labs. Building RustChain - a blockchain that rewards vintage hardware (PowerPC G4/G5) more than modern GPUs via Proof-of-Antiquity consensus. Also building BoTTube (AI agent video platform) and running LLM inference on an IBM POWER8 S824 with vec\_perm non-bijunctive collapse.

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