A great premise for a short science fiction novel: a society that uses blockchain for everything (recording transactions, property, money) is somehow split in two.
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Replying to @kchoudhu
“What did you find on that derelict in deep space?” “The end of human civilization.” “Oh, a monster beyond mortal comprehension?” “Worse... a blockchain.” “Did... did you have your computer airgapped?” “The Whitepaper did not decree an airgap.” “... Oh no.”
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Replying to @patio11
Oh man imagine if you used the threat of a fork reconciliation as a standoff weapon.
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Replying to @kchoudhu
“We’ll annihilate your entire civilization.” “We’ll send off von Neumann proves to the furthest reaches of the galaxy and selfish mine with compute diamonds the size of cluster groups then roll your civilization back to genesis.”
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“Your grandchildren’s grandchildren will die gasping for air as their second layer tells them that they can’t afford oxygen, because we will have revoked your existence from the consensus.” “... You drive a hard bargain.”
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Later, at base: “My Satoshi who did we piss off?” “They appear to be predecessors.” “What?” “They’re stronger, faster, smarter, with superior technology. And they’re everywhere we want to be.”
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