I have a friend who fixes miners. I think of him like a veterinarian who restores life to the living. He literally creates hash, difficulty, and security with his hands.
Every expired miner that comes back to life and online makes the network more decentralized, makes it more costly to attack, and makes every SHA256 hash that much more focused, purposeful, and consequential.
It’s possible that when aliens consider our solar system - they see nothing but electrical output. It’s possible that every hash added to the network promotes the discovery of more and cheaper power, leading to a larger population that uses even more power.
It’s possible that the ultimate breakthrough in power and human flourishing will come when aliens who master space travel notice us enough to come here and teach us how to take power usage to the next level and support 50 billion people thriving on Earth.
It’s also possible that every day we don’t show that potential - we set ourselves up for predation by the same beings or ourselves.
Repair a miner or send a dead one to my friend. We have aliens to meet.
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