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Re:A startup is pitching a mind-uploading service that is “1... by deegles on Tuesday March 13, 2018 @07:18PM (#16580764)
Memorize a private key to a Crypto wallet and transfer all of your assets to it in the days leading up to uploading?

And of course let everyone know that's the case beforehand!

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Re:A startup is pitching a mind-uploading service that is “1... by aaron_m04 on Tuesday March 13, 2018 @09:20PM (#16581472)
What if it's cheaper to extract the key from your brain and dump the rest?
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Re:A startup is pitching a mind-uploading service that is “1... by earenndil on Tuesday March 13, 2018 @11:42PM (#16582092)
It's unclear that that's possible, though.
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Re:A startup is pitching a mind-uploading service that is “1... by onion2k on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @03:10AM (#16582908)
We're considering the funding implications of uploading a consciousness to storage and retrieving it later. None of it is possible.
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Re:A startup is pitching a mind-uploading service that is “1... by dingo_bat on Tuesday March 13, 2018 @08:49PM (#16581322)
Why would people 200 years into the future believe your assertion?
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Re:A startup is pitching a mind-uploading service that is “1... by smallnamespace on Tuesday March 13, 2018 @09:31PM (#16581521)
If the crypto network is still around then the balances can be publicly verified.
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Re:A startup is pitching a mind-uploading service that is “1... by prawn on Tuesday March 13, 2018 @09:59PM (#16581659)
What if you claim to reveal the password once you're alive, but don't? Or can claim you don't know it even if you do? What will people do then - kill you off again?
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Re:A startup is pitching a mind-uploading service that is “1... by mygo on Tuesday March 13, 2018 @10:15PM (#16581732)
This assumes that the crypto network will still be worth anything by then. Who says any of the coins in existence right now will be worth anything even if cryptocurrency takes over?
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