{"id":45823,"date":"2021-07-09T14:29:31","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T11:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=45823"},"modified":"2025-09-01T13:14:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T10:14:46","slug":"in-south-korea-students-earn-digital-currency-for-visiting-the-toilet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/in-south-korea-students-earn-digital-currency-for-visiting-the-toilet\/","title":{"rendered":"In South Korea, students earn digital currency for visiting the toilet"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology uses feces to generate electricity. For each toilet visit, students are paid the digital currency Ggool, reports<\/a> Reuters.<\/p>\n

Professor Cho Jae Veon developed the eco-friendly BeeVi toilet. It is connected to a laboratory that uses feces to produce biogas. The biogas powers devices in the building, including the gas stove and the boiler.<\/p>\n

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“If you think unconventionally, feces have value for electricity generation. I have put this value into the ecological cycle,” said Cho.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

According to his calculations, a person produces about 500 grams of excrement daily, which can be converted into 50 litres of methane. This amount of gas yields about 0.5 kW of electricity, roughly the energy a car would need to travel 1.2 km.<\/p>\n

The initiative earns students 10 Ggool per day. The coin is accepted as payment in shops on campus.<\/p>\n

Ggool is not a cryptocurrency and cannot be obtained outside the South Korean university.<\/p>\n

Earlier ForkLog reported that British farmer Philip Hughes mines Ethereum using electricity obtained during the processing of cow manure<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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