Just like the title says you can claim cryptocurrency for composting at evergreencoin.org/poe. EverGreenCoins or EGC can be bought or sold on a few diffrent markets and have small liquidity pools and peer to peer purchasers to allow you to cash out what you earn.
Please consider claiming crypto for composting, but chances are if you stoped to read this you are either already composting because you care about the environment or are a crypto enthusiasts with a curiosity of how this all actually works back end to add value to this work. I am happy to explain everything both groups may want to know.
Those of you that are already composting most likely want to encourage others to also compost because you know all the amazing environmental benifits of it we are going to quickly review for anyone who doesn't. Composting makes healthy soil that is at least 50% geologically stable carbon. It also reduces green houses gasses by over 3lb of co2e for every 1lb of food scraps composted. Compost is also used to help plants grow faster increasing the rate of carbon capture. So in short composting reduces emissions increases carbon capture and sequesters CO2. We all can and should be composting paying what you earn forward is a great way to encourage a friend to get started.
Caring composters will ask "is crypto bad for the environment?" so lets chat energy consumption and impact. Running an EGC full node has less energy demand for 1 year run time than 1hr of social medias energy demand. You will need to interact with other systems that have their own energy demands and claims of impact. Many claim to have a positive impact on the environment overall but each should be reviewed independently but remember we have several sole purpose coal power plants and use over 1,000,000gallons of water per day to make currency in the US alone so our traditional system is also terrible for the environment.
So how do you claim cryptocurrency for composting is get an EverGreenCoin wallet at evergreencoin.org/wallet what ever wallet you choose will give you an EGC address you can use to receive the coins. Then you will share photos and personal stories of the composting you are doing to evergreencoin.org/poe and will receive coins at the beginning of the next month. Then you can save them, sell them or use them to reward other positive actions.
How does EverGreenCoin and blockchain technology work? Basically the blockchain is a shared saved file of transactions every one can see. EGC is a Proof of Work turned Proof of Stake blockchain. Proof of work uses a more decentralized competition of computing power to reward newly created coins PoW method uses more energy. Proof of Stake uses a more collaborative system that rewards new coins to people saving them in a core node, this system uses less energy but is viewed as more centralized. EGC rewards 7% network rewards annually for saving coins.
The creation of new coin by Proof of Stake is primarily where the coins that the EverGreenCoin Foundation pays out come from. The foundation owns about 3% of the total coin supply that was donated by community members it uses to encourage environmental action. The value of the coins is determined by the community and public market.
If you are still reading you may have an interest in how value is added to the effort to encourage positive environmental action. Participating helps us but there is also a lot of ways you can do that. Encourage friends and family to also claim EverGreenCoins for Environmental works and use the EGC in a local peer to peer market as a value added for a more circular economy. Buy EverGreenCoins on public markets or peer to peer from PoE participants with traditionalcurrencyor in exchange for goods. Save EGC on automated markets to claim EGC and paired asset of your choice over time. Donations made to the 501c3 public charity are tax deductible for US tax payers. There are also a host of corporate sponsored donation generation tools like ebay gives and humblebundle you can utilize. All of these things add value to the community and EGC various ways.
Happy to answer any other questions people may have or go deeper into any of what i have said here.