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| author | ZmnSCPxj <ZmnSCPxj@protonmail.com> | 2021-05-18 08:04:56 +0000 |
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| committer | bitcoindev <bitcoindev@gnusha.org> | 2021-05-18 08:05:05 +0000 |
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Re: [bitcoin-dev] Proposal: Force to do nothing for first 9 minutes to save 90% of mining energy
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+ + +Proof-of-work **is** the cryptographic magic that creates a universal clock= +. + +In physics, the Arrow of Time is defined as the direction in which entropy = +increases. + +Suppose you were shown a video of a particle in a low-gravity environment h= +itting a wall and bouncing away. +This video can be played forwards or backwards, and you would not be able t= +o determine whether it is played forwards or backwards. + +In short, in many physical interactions, there is ***no*** notion of a dire= +ction in time, i.e. no past or future. +Nearly every physical interaction, at the small scale, is reversible, thus = +there is no (apparent) inherent direction of time. + +However, suppose you were instead shown a video where a group of ceramic sh= +ards on a floor comes together to form a vase, which then rises off the flo= +or and then floats onto a table. +Obviously, this is a video played backwards. +A group of shards on the floor is a higher-entropy state than a vase on a t= +able, thus it is obvious what the Arrow of Time here *actually* is. + +Or suppose you were shown this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DzeP= +A3uIbB5I +Obviously, this is a video played backwards (except for the introduction, o= +f course --- pay attention how there is a scene cut from the introduction t= +o the main part of the video). +A Rubik cube that is in a disordered state is a higher-entropy state than a= + Rubik cube that is in an ordered state where each side has a specific sing= +le color, thus it is obvious that the Mythbusters did not actually do any w= +ork and just ran a time-reversed video of them disordering a newly-opened R= +ubik cube. + + +All of our clocks are ultimately derived from the *measurable* increase of = +entropy: + +* The current definition of 1 second is measured in terms of the decay of [= +Caesium atoms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotopes_of_caesium#Caesium-13= +3). + This decay represents the reduction of energy of the atoms and thus an in= +crease in universal entropy. +* Wind-up clockwork watches are powered by the controlled release of the en= +ergy stored in a spring, a consumption of stored energy and thus an increas= +e in universal entropy. +* Wind-up clockwork watches are powered by the controlled release of the en= +ergy stored in a spring, a consumption of stored energy and thus an increas= +e in universal entropy. + + + +Now, a low-entropy state is simply one where energy is available for consum= +ption. +And as we know, proof-of-work requires energy consumption. + +Thus, the existence of a proof-of-work is a proof that time has passed. +If time did not pass, then it would not have been possible to create the pr= +oof-of-work, because it would not be possible to consume energy (i.e. incre= +ase universal entropy) and thus create an Arrow of Time. + +From this proof-of-time-passing, we can then build a universal clock, one t= +hat is deeply tied to the physical world, due to the energy consumption. +It is by this method that Bitcoin is anchored to reality. + + +There is already a universal clock available using cryptographic magic. +It is called proof-of-work. + + +Regards, +ZmnSCPxj + |