Jay @Jay - 4d
I wonder if explicitly named #softwar applications will outpace monetary applications of Bitcoin one day. Unlikely, but possible nonetheless. The properties of Bitcoin that make it Softwar will be dressed up in the garb of money and currency, and people will reap the benefits anyway.
It's definitely worth the read. I hope you find it enlightening. I'm still digesting it after all this time as I record the audiobook. But I think the main takeaway I have right now that the Softwar thesis only strengthens your understanding of Bitcoin. Better than any other source, if you dedicate yourself to understanding his thought process and terminology.
No, all it says is that Bitcoin exhibits the same properties as watts in meatspace, but in cyberspace, and maybe has all the same benefits. It's up to us to flesh those out in practice. It's definitely not about shitcoining.
Yes, I think that's what he had in mind. If you can hardcode a control system such that its only knowledge of the outside world is the Bitcoin Blockchain, a specific xpub, and a missile launcher, you can set it as a switch such that if that utxo moves to the next address, the missile is authorized for launch.
Yeah it's pretty wild. But imagine setting it up so that several independent parties within the military, government, industry, etc have keys required to sign it. Voting to start nuclear war with signals that cannot be exploited, because a partially signed transaction is unforgeable.
You can keep adding more and more layers of physical power projection to secure each element of the system, which is pretty neat.
You have inspired a meme
Jay @Jay - 3d
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