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Kardashev Scale
- pmastela 5y agoBitcoin comes to mind. If the future of transacting money and information is on proof-of-work blockchains, then does that mean we should expect all sufficiently advanced civilizations to have Dyson spheres encircling stars across the galaxy, mining crypto.
- _Microft 5y agoIn this [0] comment, I jokingly defined the Nakamoto Scale which is basically the Kardashev Scale with the additional requirement that all energy has to be used for crypto mining and that no actually useful output should be produced. It even lead to follow-up discussions ;) [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26435464 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26435464
- twiddling 5y agoCrypto is the Great Filter
- 1_player 5y agoThe true existential dread is discovering advanced civilisations exploiting the mass and energy of entire galaxy just to power their own cryptocurrencies. Reminds me of the meme: "Wait, so it's all Bitcoin?" "Always has been."
- Diti 5y agoOut of every video Kurzgesagt has ever produced, my favorite is this one, which talks about a stellar engine that a type Ⅱ civilization could be using: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3y8AIEX_dU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3y8AIEX_dU