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And it's all paid for by the coins they mine!

EDIT: Actually that got me thinking - that would be a really good art piece, if you could get them to do something fully self sustaining. There's no reason for them to stop if they're getting paid properly - it's just another task. It's just this weird loop of useless work being done, but still sustaining people's lives. It makes you think about the nature of labor and money.

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