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@ Jack K
2025-04-30 18:45:37
I agree with a lot here, thank you! I think Bitcoins problem is that it has remained abstract for 16 years. This creates the illusion that development and purpose is inherently subjective; it’s not. Bitcoin is not abstract, it’s measured by energy; quantify it.
We have no objective definition of Bitcoin (yet) and this leaves us purely in the realm of abstraction and opinion. If my thesis and proof of what Bitcoin is at the physical level (the quantum computer) is correct; how would this change our discussion and understanding of the protocol, especially immutable data hosting? How can we even develop and propose protocol changes responsibly without this knowledge? Do we actually understand what a peer to peer electronic cash system is?
Ultimately if Bitcoin is defined physically (it is), every single person operating on bitcoin, building/developing on bitcoin and running their business on bitcoin is going to have to grapple with this new understanding. Our entire design theory on protocol development inherently changes to a new fundamental truth; beneath the illusion of fiat prices lies the anchor to joules.
I truly think nobody understands bitcoin (including myself) and therefore we should not change the protocol until we do. If Bitcoin is the quantum computer, everything changes and we’ve all been wrong for 16 years. We cannot develop responsibly without consensus on base layer fundamentals.