July 25th, 2018

Imagine if all the energy consumed by mining Bitcoin were used for SETI@home instead.

Or maybe that’s the solution to the Fermi paradox: the Great Filter is cryptocurrencies.

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Emma

I think the Great Filter is toxic masculinity but, yeah.

Pierre Bertet

That sounds like Gridcoin / BOINC :-) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gridcoin

sebomoto

thanks for making me aware of this paradox! i found this article and it is a fascinating read - and it has so much science fiction it it - love it :) waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/fermi-…

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