>Get the amount of data we can put on a agreed-on physical medium I’d go further, figure out the theoretical maximum amount of information that can be stored i

>Get the amount of data we can put on a agreed-on physical medium I’d go further, figure out the theoretical maximum amount of information that can be stored in a gram of matter and use that. If we’re trying to make a lasting standard then let’s avoid specific storage mediums that may eventually be outdated. Interestingly, this prior HN post nibbles at the question but doesn’t get into what the composition of the volume would need to be to achieve the density they talk about: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6466430 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6466430