As an alternate expenditure to computing power, PoB, in fact, destroys a certain number of bitcoins to get equivalent altcoins. This is commonly used when starting up a new coin projects as a means to provide a fair initial distribution. This can be considered an alternative mining scheme where the value of the new coins comes from the fact that previously a certain number of coins have been destroyed.
Proof of Burn
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