The buried lede here is we need to think harder about preparing for another solar event like happened in 993 that left its mark in the tree rings, because such events are not all that rare and the next one will destroy GPS and much of the power grid.https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/20/science/vikings-newfoundland-age.html …
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Naturally the blockchain will survive any solar storm, but only if it's oriented east to west, to avoid the worst of the induced currents.
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The other good news is that even an 1859-scale solar storm would bring humanity down to near-zero carbon emissions. That is the real power of clean, renewable solar energy.
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fortunately our system and society are well set up to make expensive, complicated preparations for rare catastrophic events.
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At least it will burn off the sarcasm
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