TL;DR:

• What it is: A 2020 Microsoft patent (WO2020060606A1) proposes using "human body activity data" (physiological signals) as proof-of-work for cryptocurrency validation—potentially even "unconsciously."

• What it converges into: Tokenization, the Internet of Bodies, and technocratic metaphysics converge into a program that treats involuntary physiological response as economic input—shifting proof-of-work toward proof-of-response and, ultimately, proof-of-compliance.

• Why it matters: If access and reward depend on acceptable signatures, rights drift into permissions. This architecture opens a pathway to business models where biometric or behavioral data could be integrated into authentication, rewards, or payment systems (via blockchain or similar ledgers)—turning "who you are/what you do" into an always-on credential. Defending cognitive liberty means recovering a view of the person as real before and beyond any measuring apparatus or validation server.

Bottom line: When the body becomes the credential, the ledger becomes a referee.