Superabundant design
Tiziana Terranova draws attention to the necessity of questioning how algorithmically enabled automation works “in terms of control and monetization” and “what kind of time and energy” is being subsumed by it (Terranova 387). Cryptocurrencies are payment technologies that automate the production of...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:dc53358e42634f1491af05bdb0efbaad 2023-11-05T03:45:21+01:00 Superabundant design Pablo R. Velasco González 2016-02-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.7146/aprja.v5i1.116041 https://doaj.org/article/dc53358e42634f1491af05bdb0efbaad EN eng Digital Aesthetics Research Cener https://aprja.net//article/view/116041 https://doaj.org/toc/2245-7755 doi:10.7146/aprja.v5i1.116041 2245-7755 https://doaj.org/article/dc53358e42634f1491af05bdb0efbaad A Peer-Reviewed Journal About, Vol 5, Iss 1 (2016) Visual arts N1-9211 article 2016 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.7146/aprja.v5i1.116041 2023-10-08T00:36:48Z Tiziana Terranova draws attention to the necessity of questioning how algorithmically enabled automation works “in terms of control and monetization” and “what kind of time and energy” is being subsumed by it (Terranova 387). Cryptocurrencies are payment technologies that automate the production of money-like tokens (Bergstra and Weijland) following algorithmic rules to maintain a fixed production rate. Different kinds of energy and residues, which are not always acknowledged, are involved in this process. Here I distinguish between two closely linked layers in the Bitcoin token production: first, an algorithmic layer, which contains the instructions and rules for the creation of bitcoins; second, a hardware layer, which performs and embodies the former. While these layers work together, I will argue that they enact their own kind of logics of energy and waste. I will begin at the more visible end of the production cycle, the hardware layer, where the definition of waste and energy consumption is shared with many electronic devices; then I will trace back its algorithmic layer, which as I argue, follows a different logic. Article in Journal/Newspaper Terranova Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles A Peer-Reviewed Journal About 5 1 60 69 |
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Tiziana Terranova draws attention to the necessity of questioning how algorithmically enabled automation works “in terms of control and monetization” and “what kind of time and energy” is being subsumed by it (Terranova 387). Cryptocurrencies are payment technologies that automate the production of money-like tokens (Bergstra and Weijland) following algorithmic rules to maintain a fixed production rate. Different kinds of energy and residues, which are not always acknowledged, are involved in this process. Here I distinguish between two closely linked layers in the Bitcoin token production: first, an algorithmic layer, which contains the instructions and rules for the creation of bitcoins; second, a hardware layer, which performs and embodies the former. While these layers work together, I will argue that they enact their own kind of logics of energy and waste. I will begin at the more visible end of the production cycle, the hardware layer, where the definition of waste and energy consumption is shared with many electronic devices; then I will trace back its algorithmic layer, which as I argue, follows a different logic. |
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