A Rambling Notion on Bitcoin, Mining, and the Colossal Waste of Perfectly Good Brainpower
The piece reimagines Bitcoin mining as a force for global problem-solving. Instead of dedicating massive computing power to meaningless cryptographic puzzles, miners would compete to solve humanity's greatest challenges—curing diseases, achieving fusion energy, eliminating hunger—with verified solutions earning block rewards. The author acknowledges major obstacles around verification and governance, but argues the value lies in the reframing itself: crypto evolving from "digital gold" to "digital purpose."