CjMapope -

It's still a concept that is coming to fruition because it is not as commonly used, but Ohm uses Staking vs Mining, which is similar but I encourage you to look into the specific differences between them because it's a bit much to go into here, but essentially, the mining processes is resource intensive and staking moves it to your local device with better efficiency and less energy use overall.

Ohm is currently earned through Acts of Kindness (AoK) that we are developing a platform for. More to come on this. The idea is that Ohm can be purchased through an exchange, but can only be earned (given) for proven acts of kindness. We are looking at trying to achieve at least 1 million acts of kindness by encouraging people to make positive impacts and to pay it forward - if you earn Ohm through an act of kindness, you can also give it to someone else for the same. This not only circulates the currency, but it also promotes the type of positive changes in the world we hope to achieve. Through this type of incentivizing, the Scrooge syndrome / myth is reduced as even people who only do something kind for a reward, through repeated acts, will start to find reward in the act itself and not the financial incentive.

We are working hard to bring together the right people in development, marketing and crypto-financial experts, to build a sustainable platform for change. With the efforts being purely volunteer, and through the community at large, we have a group of core people working consistently, and many people that want to participate, but aren't able or willing to commit to the effort needed to move certain parts of the platform forward. This has been an ongoing roadblock for quite some time, so some vetting of participants has been necessary.

The support from the community continues to grow and we really appreciate everyone that comes to this thread with interest in our project.

More to come!