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Cryptorati want to defeat aging

Examining the record of donations made by crypto-rich people reveals a pattern of support for the goals others may feel belong to the pages of science fiction novels. Having benefited greatly from recognizing the potential of electronic cash among peers before the masses, it is not surprising that they have great optimism in the power of technology to radically change our lives for the better.

One of the main benefactors of this type of donation is the SENS Research Foundation located in Mountain View, California. The non-profit SENS (Strategies for insignificant engineering senescence) defines its objective as working to develop, promote and guarantee widespread access to therapies that cure and prevent diseases and disabilities of aging. Unlike the traditional medical approach of only treating or managing old age problems as they go into action, this approach focuses on comprehensively repairing the damage that accumulates in our bodies over time, thus mitigating the aging process as much as may be possible.

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In addition, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin also donated $ 2.4 million to SENS in 2018 and another $ 350,000 on January 2019. The regenerative medical therapy organization also raised another $ 4.1 million in cryptocurrencies last year, in addition to the donation from the Pineapple Fund.

The scientific director of SENS, British biogerontologist Aubrey de Gray, spoke about the relationship between his company and cryptocurrency advocates last year and explained that many have donated to the research organization."I'm on it for the ultimate goal." In addition, he revealed that some anonymous donors have given SENS $ 1 million each and other cryptocurrency personalities are also long-term donors to the foundation.

The cryogenic connection

Another main benefactor of donations made by crypto personalities is the Alcor Life Extension Foundation. This nonprofit organization based in Scottsdale, Arizona, advocates, investigates and performs cryonics. This involves freezing the entire human corpse or just the brain in liquid nitrogen after legal death, with the hope of resuscitating the individual when the necessary technology is developed in the future.

According to reports, several rich cryptos has donated anonymously to Alcor's cryonics research. The main connection between the field and the cryptocurrency is that Alcor could be preserving the body of a man who is believed to be Satoshi Nakamoto himself. Hal Finney is the computer scientist who received the first bitcoin transaction and helped put the network into operation during its first year. On August 28, 2014, Finney's body was taken to an Alcor facility shortly after his death and underwent the cryogenic process. In May 2018, the foundation announced that cryptocurrency enthusiast Brad Armstrong gave him a $ 5 million research contribution, which was carried out on behalf of the "Hal Finney Cryonics Research Fund".

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Another connection between cryptocurrency and cryogenics is that the computer scientist Ralph Merkle, known for creating cryptographic hashing, the Merkle tree, and other inventions, is also a researcher and advocate for cryonics. According to reports, he meets some crypto people who have donated to cryonics and also helped raise funds for Alcor.

Universal Basic Income and MDMA

A more economical research topic, but one that could have drastic implications for human society such as curing aging or deceiving death, is Universal Basic Income. UBI is one of the hottest topics of economic debate in recent years, considered as a possible solution to technological unemployment, preventing humans from being left behind once robots take overall jobs. The idea has even gained the support of several politicians around the world recently, such as US Democratic candidate Andrew Yang.

Basically, the UBI plan is to provide everyone with a stipend so they can live their lives without worrying about earning enough work money just to survive. This raises several questions, as it goes against how many believe the world should work and will also be an unprecedented experiment in the human condition. The Pineapple Fund donated $ 5 million to the Give Directly organization in 2017 to sponsor transfer.

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