Re:Bitcoin Plummets Below 40K
by globular-toast on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @07:40AM
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Write a good poem if you want people to copy it and read it.
What you're essentially doing by putting stuff in the blockchain is tricking people into copying it millions of times. It doesn't mean any of them will read it or appreciate it. I agree with your analogy, but what's the point of it? Some weird desire for your footprint to be larger and imposed on people for all time? I can't think of much more narcissistic than that.
Re:Bitcoin Plummets Below 40K
by londons_explore on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @08:06AM
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Humans are genetics + knowledge/culture.
Wars typically are as much about spreading culture as they are about genetics. Religious crusades are a way to spread culture without genetics.
Humans seem to have a desire to increase both their genetic and cultural footprint into other humans. Make sense really - expansionist traits tend to survive.
Most people who want their works to last forever want people to read and use and enjoy them. Burying and having it forgotten doesn't meet that criteria.
Making millions of copies and burying some, with incentives for future people to make more copies and bury some again seems more likely to succeed.
And the blockchain isn't far from that.