So, this video by @skdh affirms a bit of a theory that I've been thinking about... I'm pretty sure the galactic community Satoshi hails from doesn't use radio waves to communicate, it's just too archaic, slow, and unreliable at interstellar distances.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-jIplX6Wjw
It's very possible the "no-communication theorem" isn't a fundamental limitation of physics, like the speed of light, but just a limitation of our understanding of quantum physics. It could be very possible that faster-than-light communication could just be a protocol problem of some sort, and we're not very good at quantum protocols, because we don't have decent quantum computers.
But what if Satoshi gave us the concept of Bitcoin, not only for us to become a postscarcity civilization by incentivizing Humanity to harness more energy than we need, it also provides a profit incentive to invest heavily in quantum computing. There'll be a land grab to repatriate bitcoins held in P2PK addresses.
In this case, we're going to need a soft fork to add "P2QR" addresses, Pay-to-Quantum-Resistant address keys. I'm thinking something based on FALCON makes sense. FALCON signatures are definitely larger, maybe by about 10x, but the additional security would be worth the additional bytes, imo.
If there ever was a galactic community of peaceful extraterrestrials who, out of kindness, gave us a nudge in the right direction at a time we could not only make use of it, but also truly need it, I think it'd be mighty clever to give us Bitcoin. If bitcoinization does usher in an era of economic and technological prosperity and expansion, a Bitcoin Renaissance, as it were, maybe with the incentives built into Bitcoin, we'll be well-prepared for the big moment where we can meet Satoshi's kind and thank him for what he did for us.
Remember: Everything is good for Bitcoin. Even hacking addresses via quantum computers, and meeting aliens, it all hardens the protocol.
- The Exophiles, Datalinks
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2023-04-09 16:30:26
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"content": "So, this video by @skdh affirms a bit of a theory that I've been thinking about... I'm pretty sure the galactic community Satoshi hails from doesn't use radio waves to communicate, it's just too archaic, slow, and unreliable at interstellar distances.\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-jIplX6Wjw\n\nIt's very possible the \"no-communication theorem\" isn't a fundamental limitation of physics, like the speed of light, but just a limitation of our understanding of quantum physics. It could be very possible that faster-than-light communication could just be a protocol problem of some sort, and we're not very good at quantum protocols, because we don't have decent quantum computers.\n\nBut what if Satoshi gave us the concept of Bitcoin, not only for us to become a postscarcity civilization by incentivizing Humanity to harness more energy than we need, it also provides a profit incentive to invest heavily in quantum computing. There'll be a land grab to repatriate bitcoins held in P2PK addresses.\n\nIn this case, we're going to need a soft fork to add \"P2QR\" addresses, Pay-to-Quantum-Resistant address keys. I'm thinking something based on FALCON makes sense. FALCON signatures are definitely larger, maybe by about 10x, but the additional security would be worth the additional bytes, imo.\n\nIf there ever was a galactic community of peaceful extraterrestrials who, out of kindness, gave us a nudge in the right direction at a time we could not only make use of it, but also truly need it, I think it'd be mighty clever to give us Bitcoin. If bitcoinization does usher in an era of economic and technological prosperity and expansion, a Bitcoin Renaissance, as it were, maybe with the incentives built into Bitcoin, we'll be well-prepared for the big moment where we can meet Satoshi's kind and thank him for what he did for us.\n\nRemember: Everything is good for Bitcoin. Even hacking addresses via quantum computers, and meeting aliens, it all hardens the protocol.\n\n- The Exophiles, Datalinks",
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