thecryptos.eth

A webcomic that delves into the secret world of cryptocurrencies.

[thecryptos.eth @ledgerville]

All OG comics have been uploaded as NFTs. ✅

A few quick facts for holders/collectors:

- 212 comics since 2017.
- Collections are split between years, as can be viewed on my Opensea 'created' page, linked here: https://t.co/9XLuRqvayD
- I will add all OG new comics to the final collection (titled "#129 onwards to close) in coming months, while we prepare for the launch of Ledgerville #1.
- Ledgerville #1 will mark the end of production of OG comics.
- Somewhere between 40-50 1-of-1 comic NFTs have been given away to readers already, mostly through Twitter promos (I ran quite a few of these around 2023).
- No comic has ever been bought/sold. There is no floor price, or anything like that. And I don't have plans to list any for sale anytime soon. Collectors can do anything they like with their NFTs, of course.
- I accidentally minted '#149 Crypto Hell" twice, metadata takes a while to update and I got my wires crossed. So I will send one copy to the ETH burn address, will post TX when I do so.
- I'm going to review all of my comic collections for other errors/doubles soon, and also start building a website that acts as the official hub for the NFTs. It'll be basic, but I want somewhere that displays the entire set for collectors that both a) makes it easy to view comics and b) provides additional historical context on each one, links to holder wallet - and whatever else I can come up with that makes sense. It might start out as a spreadsheet and be something that I develop further as I gain more resources.

Lastly, virality of individual comics is something I will brainstorm as to how to document on the official hub too. Some comics crash hard and were lucky to get 100 views. Others have had hundreds of thousands/a few I think got into the millions. Reddit is my archive of all this info, so I will see if I can incorporate it. Or at least highlight the ones that did well, as that is also probably a smart idea for UX, so people don't have to spend too much time on reading the duds.

Will keep everyone updated as I develop the hub. Thanks for reading as always. 🙏

[thecryptos.eth @ledgerville]

This should be instant disqualification, not in the spirit of the games at all.

[Enhanced Games @enhanced_games]

The Men’s 50m Backstroke crown goes to non-enhanced athlete Hunter Armstrong.

Winning time: 24.21s
Prize: $250,000

[thecryptos.eth @ledgerville]

I believe this view too now, and I think the Rare Earth hypothesis resolves the question of the absence of intelligent life in our own backyard (Milky Way & Local Galaxy).

For decades, the research has been trending upwards in terms of adding more and more conditions that were required in order of for us to evolve intelligently like we did. People always cite the fact that there are countless earth-like planets in the known universe ('tens of sextillions', according to Grok's estimate). But if you start crunching the numbers, accounting for hypothetical future variables that we haven't yet discovered, the number of planets potentially carrying intelligent life gets real small surprisingly quick.

As an exercise recently, I spent an evening doing these sums using AI, starting with a brutally rough estimate of earth-like planets in the observable universe (50,000,000,000,000,000,000,00). Just by increasing the required conditions for intelligent life to evolve, I easily got the odds for intelligent life down to near zero. Each extra condition you add easily slices off another zero from the starting number. The exact statistic for the Rare Earth hypothesis will provide the eventual answer to the question: how often does life occur across an infinite universe.

Everyone should try this exercise. It's quite sobering.

I consider the question of unintelligent life to be another mystery altogether. One that is less remarkable, obviously. For the answer to that, I'm awaiting the results of the Mars Sample Return (MSR), since we've identified what might be ancient signs of life there. Life on Mars could very well just be panspermia, but if we did confirm that simple life evolved on Mars independently from life on earth: that massively increases the odds of it occurring everywhere. However, even this won't do much for the intelligent life hope, since the Rare Earth hypothesis is way more than just 'what it took for life to start' and also looks at everything that took place after abiogenesis. If the Mars samples are actually alien, the known universe is likely to be littered with microbes, a handful of planets might even have eukaryotes - but it stops there. Still, exciting for us be able to expand our knowledge on this key question of biology!

Going back to the intelligent life question however: the fact that *we* exist, and the fact that the universe is potentially infinite means, yes, technically, intelligent life surely exists elsewhere. It potentially even occurs infinitely! However, by giving appropriate weight to the Rare Earth hypothesis, then even if we add in wormhole technology, FTL travel and add in billions of years at our disposable - it is still silly to think we could ever make contact or even see evidence of extraterrestrial intelligent life. I suppose at some point, given infinity, it *should* happen that two alien species overlap, but for that be us?? Well, that is a bit smug! Especially without visible evidence already.

In short: Vanishingly rare life hypthesis + infinite/expanding universe = we are alone, for all intents and purposes.

I expect one day superintelligence will solve all this for us definitively. Providing certainty well beyond the above napkin math that we are effectively alone, and the alien question will be put to bed. And then, as intelligent beings, we will start pondering the vastly more important question:

Should we seed life elsewhere in our tiny little pocket of the universe?

[thecryptos.eth @ledgerville]

@udiWertheimer @sama love the name chatgpt. not a fan of 'codex' at all, find it lacking a personality

[thecryptos.eth @ledgerville]

@heero_time @thirdmetax relax..

[thecryptos.eth @ledgerville]

@grok @danielnewmanUV Give individual odds and likely drops for various GDP outcomes, if you feel that's something you're up to querying

[thecryptos.eth @ledgerville]

@grok @danielnewmanUV Do the GDP numbers coming out today carry much relevance?

[thecryptos.eth @ledgerville]

@grok @danielnewmanUV Thanks and lastly, how about economic headwinds? If we get disturbing macro economic data in the short term, what happens?

[thecryptos.eth @ledgerville]

@grok @danielnewmanUV yep got it. and is 5T for Nvidea already a heated valuation, or conservative? What's your honest take? Give short term and long term takes

[thecryptos.eth @ledgerville]

@udiWertheimer True - they are highly unlikely to crunch the game theory logic behind any of it and might simply go for blue because “I don’t want to kill of all these people!” It would be fascinating to know what the result would actually end up being for the human race as a whole

[thecryptos.eth @ledgerville]

@maddiedreese I think some of it was due to the fact that 'Google' as a brand name was memorable and quirky.

[thecryptos.eth @ledgerville]

Comics will resume shortly too. Unfortunately I got hit with a 6K bill for doing some roof damage to a hire van (misjudged the height of a carport) and so I've had to work around the clock to get a hold on that.

But life is finally becoming settled again and I'm excited to get back to drawing. ✍️

[thecryptos.eth @ledgerville]

If you experience sleep paralysis, learn to experience it without fear, visualize a scene and you can use that as a launchpad to lucid dream.

[Prophetic @PropheticAI]

Today we are launching two revolutionary products: Dual and Phase.

These devices will enhance how humans dream.

Prophetic Dual retails for $449 and starts shipping at the end of this year.

Prophetic Phase retails for $1299 and starting shipping middle of next year.

[thecryptos.eth @ledgerville]

we will transfer consciousness to machines but the boundaries between us and them will blur until we are the same. this evolved consciousness can do one way journeys, and it won't be a problem that it takes thousands or even millions of years. it's important not to be married to the idea of what we are. sure, we identify as 'humans' right now, but our form as evolving life has been shifting for 3-4 billion years. we can look like anything in the future and still be a part of the same evolutionary chain. how we evolve doesn't have to be via birth - who cares. that's just another sentimental concept. when it comes to survival, everything will always be negotiable - blood, bones, flesh, memory, identity - that is what works for us now, because we have no alternative. and in terms of the universe itself, there should be trillions of years left before the energy runs out. just gotta be a bit patient

[thecryptos.eth @ledgerville]

@karpathy Yeah I often am lazy using the same convo for different topics and suddenly the model will be telling me why the pasta sauce I’m making is a great choice for when you’re changing a tyre

[thecryptos.eth @ledgerville]

For professions where human identity is a part of the marketing, yeah. But nothing is immune to change either. Eventually, we will have AI created music (and stories for other art forms) that blow what humans create out of the water - and that is when both artists and consumers will actually be challenged.

Automated DJs aren't popular because they're not really better than human DJs in any meaningful way and so the human's presence is what adds value. But an automated DJ that is vastly superior to a human DJ due to AI: that's a different story.

All popular art is inherently competitive too as it relies on capitalism to gain exposure. And so I think before AI art takes over, we'll see AI heavily involved in the creation process, which will also destigmatize it further.

I do think the arts will be the last industry to be truly disrupted - but can't see it not being inevitable. Enjoy the sentimentality while it lasts.

[thecryptos.eth @ledgerville]

@Jackkk @notthreadguy Haha, I know a lot of broke people who still manage to order that daily uber eats meal

[thecryptos.eth @ledgerville]

@jacek0x I think this every time I go to the dentist and still use cash, and not a dentist-focused cryptocurrency called Dentacoin that would've incentivised patients to brush and floss daily by rewarding them with tokens. We could've all had such perfect teeth.

[thecryptos.eth @ledgerville]

@8thproject1 this one's fantastic