Are Blockchain Networks Living Organisms?
IN BRIEF
- Blockchain networks meet most of the traditional criteria for life.
- Their combination with artificial neural network (ANN) based artificial intelligence (AI) could lead to the creation of a distributed blockchain organism.
- Such a cybernetic organism could exhibit unique features: directed evolution, the ability to self-improve or an unlimited lifespan.
Conclusion
On the surface, calling a virtual blockchain network based on pure numerical relations a living organism seems absurd. However, on closer examination, it turns out that it meets most of the traditional criteria of what is alive and organic.
The obvious fact that blockchain is not a biological organism need not be seen as an imperfection. On the contrary, its non-material components represent the potential advantage and progress that blockchain technology can bring to the understanding and applications of such traditional concepts as an information carrier, evolution, inheritance, emergence, or self-organization.
Harnessing the unique properties of blockchain networks and combining them with artificial intelligence based on artificial neural networks could lead to a breakthrough.
The result could be a unique organism – a public, blockchain-based, distributed virtual machine. It would potentially be capable of directed evolution, rapid self-improvement, and unlimited lifespan. Alternatively, it would go far beyond human cognitive abilities and intelligence.
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