The OP's comments on the "social contract" refer to his desire for people with guns to take from my science projects and from the people I support, and give to his science projects, and the people he supports. Calling it "the social contract that cultivates science for the common good" is despicable propaganda. It's funny how
"the common good" always involves hiring thugs to threaten other people so that you get your way.

True. Now bitcoin is the best currency. But that's not it's day job. By day it does yeoman's work as a p2p transaction protocol which preserves a transparent global general ledger.

I think any successor to bitcoin will build on top of the bitcoin network. It's the worlds largest supercomputer. You'd have to be an idiot to throw away the worlds largest supercomputer.

I like to keep my savings in the most secure storage vehicle which current technology allows. A successor to bitcoin will need to be just as secure, in order to compete. That means either it uses the bitcoin mining network, or it spends a billion dollars building a competitive network.

Layered protocols will enable smart contracts, legal custody proof, provable notary services, p2p currency exchange, and an unknowable number of new applications. This is like the advent of the LLC or double-entry accounting. It is a game changer. and first movers will grab the land.

I think that if your employer intercepts and decrypts your bank traffic without prior approval from your bank, they are committing a U.S. felony.

also true for the demo

pretty sure he anticipated the delivigne/rodriguez thing.

Willie Lohman, is that you?

For these particular demos he implemented a "solvemyproblem" function elsewhere. Not, however, for an infinite variety of closely related problems of similar practical import.

amen

No, he reimplemented Common Lisp with a Mathematica syntax reader.

jealous much?

You see, the Tesla is not only a dangerous incindiary monster, but it is a stealthy and vindictive one. It waits until you go to bed, and if you forgot to plug it in, it gets really peeved, combines all the little laser projectors into one beam, bounces it off the driving mirrors, and spews a beam of flaming destruction out the front window, to start your house on fire!

Who ignited it?

Nice reputation for extreme safety you've got there, Mr. Musk. It would be a shame if something were to happen to it.

Not if the deal came with speech restrictions.

The scam goes like this: Start your Tesla on fire. Hold out for 5x the price of the car. If they decline, take it to the press and sue.

Your notion of a "real problem" is, quite frankly, a far worse problem.