1016 sats \ 2 replies \ @dergigi OP 24 Oct 2021 \ parent \ on: Alright, let's do this. I'm (der)Gigi. AMA - Ask Me Anything! bitcoin
He was quicker than anyone else to put the puzzle pieces together. It was quite remarkable. He asked very deep questions pretty much immediatly, since he understood the consequences (assuming that our premises are correct).
His questions were really good, I wish I would've done a better job answering some. I share his concerns in regards to "building something that we can't stop", for example. Also the "tower of Babel" problem, to put it in his lingo.
"Building something we can't stop" is one of my nightmare scenarios for bitcoin. Imagine we're all wrong about what it is, and bitcoin becomes some kind of monetary black hole/grey goo that sucks up all productive activity until nothing else matters except computing sha256. Kind of like the runaway paper clip maximization AI.
Is bitcoin the great filter? If it is, could we stop it even if we all wanted to?
I could see a sci fi story where bitcoin is a kind of "psychic bomb" that alien civilizations use to collapse primitive, but growing civilizations. Once they develop the internet, they can push the information out anonymously until it reaches escape velocity with the natives.
I say all this as a major bitcoin maxi.
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sounds scifi
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