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Re:Why I’m Cryptophobic by automatic6131 on Thursday June 30, 2022 @11:58AM (#31934414)
Theoretically, maybe you could do it over letters. Just like you could run a computing algorith with horsemen and flags in place of a CPU (like in the scifi novel, Three Body Problem).

Practically, you are talking nonsense and it's patently impossible. You cannot run any crypto currency with a system of letters even if you're transporting them with the full infrastrcture of the modern world with it's airmail and diesel vans.

Try and do it with letters delivered on foot. It is actually impossible.

Re:Why I’m Cryptophobic by yellowapple on Thursday June 30, 2022 @12:14PM (#31934671)
> Practically, you are talking nonsense and it's patently impossible.

The existence of IP over Avian Carrier demonstrates otherwise. It's slow and it's lossy, but it's good enough for a blockchain.

Re:Why I’m Cryptophobic by tsimionescu on Thursday June 30, 2022 @03:39PM (#31937511)
I thought IPoAC only works on the 91st day of each year (or 92nd for leap years)...