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> The difference is being able to solve crypto puzzles has actual uses I was hinting at crypto-currency mining which is an activity that would be meaningless i
by _Microft 6y ago
> The difference is being able to solve crypto puzzles has actual uses
I was hinting at crypto-currency mining which is an activity that would be meaningless if it did not produce results that are rare enough to suffice as store of value. I updated the earlier comment to make that clear.
- bitxbitxbitcoin 6y agoThe mining part doesn't belong in the analogy but I think the perspective is dead on. Here's what you're missing: What is rare about the results produced in mining is something that we humans would have control over, not the aliens. Aliens showing up with literal alien technology is one of the few things that might get a cryptocurrency to update their PoW someway or another.