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If the probe is destroyed so is the the possibility of decryption. Same for the second option. In fact the problem is not related to time, but to the processin
by xlayn 13y ago
If the probe is destroyed so is the the possibility of decryption.
Same for the second option.
In fact the problem is not related to time, but to the processing time and it's hard for two reasons, the math has to be so incredible/good/error free that going the physics way is cheaper and by cheaper I mean the only way (there is nothing more expensive than that thing it does not exist).
Now Assumptions related to physics, which part do you assume as "hardcoded", (gwern decided for the cache speed; I found the problem on specialized hardware for it, AMD builds cpu on spec (back to physics))speed of light, and the amount of energy it takes to perform a job, resistance of circuits near absolute zero and therefore the amount of energy required to perform the job given that you can suppose on non paralelizable tasks therefore scalar cpu and therefore given a minimum scheme of circuitry the amount of time on a perfect conditions.
This works unless reality(trademark) goes into play;
-how much time will it take to humanity to hit the perfect conditions?
-which conditions or values do you consider appropriate to measure the time (for releasing the information given the conditions are met?)
What if you just hide (like for example by burring them in the sand on the sahara) 100 devices from which 10 are the original ones and the other ones are backups of the original and you need ten of them to decrypt? (scale times 10^x for paranoia level)
- xlayn 13y agoAlso it's cheaper than your options, also your options are not that "real world" factible without some serious money.
- xlayn 13y agothird tough, what if we take something people would do for something they desire a lot... money, what if we replicate the bitcoin schema and make use of all the hashes as required to decrypt the file? you do already have times for some real world calculations for that.
- xlayn 13y agostill playing the "hiding" card. put random players on online games with the answer and make them release on certain time.
- anologwintermut 13y agoThat's why you launch a few of them. Also, the odd's of the probe getting destroyed e.g by an impact are really low. They get lower once you leave earth orbit and really low when you hit interstellar space. And you can probably get to less impact stuff quicker if you go perpendicular to the plain of the ecliptic rather than out. Your bigger issue is component failure. So launch a enough to deal with component failure, wait long enough for them to be out of harms way, and then you have a time lock. Sure it's expensive, but time locks with a known time to unlock or even a decent estimate are not really possible algorithmically.
- xlayn 13y agoExcellent, but the point is to make the most secure/cheap solution, he already has a mountain a he could build a room with gigantic 100mt of steel walls with a piece of paper with the pass on it recorded by 100 webcams on 100 diff connections, or send a 10000 probes. Math for building an idea to hack is so good because ideas and intelligence to build them are so expensive the other parts of the problem look more feasible to hack/fix/try