Recently, I did it just to see if I could. A 12-word phrase, using only the BIP39’s first four letters can be encoded in 48 nucleotides. The average gene has several thousand nucleotides, while the human genome is over three billion. My seed word sequence could be turned into DNA by a genetics student in a matter of days. E. coli You can use any other suitable host to store (and multiply) the virus inside of a living being.
It is not the only way of storing or transmitting data. It is not the only way to store and transmit information. Information that is spread widely is almost impossible to suppress. It is futile to try and ban Bitcoin. The fact that a private bitcoin key can be stored in DNA shows this. Information is difficult to control once it has been released.
Why is it so difficult to keep information contained? Information is probably a fundamental component of the Universe. Scientists believed that the universe is made up of only matter and energy for centuries. Today we know the universe is made up of energy, information and matter. However, information is not matter or energy. Einstein proved that matter and energies are interchangeable. In total Information is neither created nor destroyed. Information can both be created and destroyed. Information is difficult to destroy once it has been widely spread and created.
Information can be divided into two parts: the informational and non-informational.
The information is sent between parties. Senders send information with an intention and to elicit action from the receiver. The information hierarchy is made up of five parts:
- Fidelity
- Syntax is a code or grammar
- Semantics (meaning)
- Pragmatics is action
- Aposobetics
Fidelity
It is important to remember that fidelity is not the most important element in information. However, it is essential for its successful transmission. Once, it was a big issue in cell phone and Internet communication. It was once a major issue for cell phone and internet communication. “Can you hear me now?” commercial? As technology advanced, high-fidelity evolved (which, strangely, became Wi-Fi or wireless fidelity). We don’t usually worry about fidelity until it is a concern. (You can hear me?
Code and Language
Syntax is the grammar or code used to transmit information. Codes are a collection of symbols used to represent information that is interconnected in time or space. The symbols are able to be connected in space or time. next Level of information (semantics). The use of symbols can be very diverse. These symbols include alphabet letters (e.g. American Sign Language), hand gestures and musical notes. A number of different symbols can be used. The nucleotide codes use four chemical symbols (A, U, G, and C) and binary code is used by computers. It is not random to choose the number of symbols and types. They may, for example, be determined by their mode of transmission (Table 1) or by a particular need.
Table 1: You can choose symbols based on the type of communication or a need.
Information cannot be effectively communicated without a common code. The code has to be shared by both sender and receiver. The code does not contain the actual information. It is merely a conduit for information. Translations Any other code. Written human languages, for example, can be converted from one code to another.
Go tell it on the mountain…
Va le dire sur la montagne…
Ve a contario en la montaña…
The phrase above can also be converted, by using the human brain and eyes, into soundwaves (acoustic symbol) that are in the air. These soundwaves can then be captured by a microscopic and turned into electrical signals on wires, then into radio waves sent through space, picked up and transmitted by an antenna in space, then back to electrical signals by a speaker, then back to sound waves by another human’s ears. The signal in our astronaut’s ears is transformed from air waves to fluid waves within the cochlea, and finally to electrical nerve signals that are carried by the neurons to the brain. The neurons in the brain somehow interpret the string of original symbols. next Semantics or meaning: what is the level of knowledge?
Apobetics, Semantics and Pragmatics
A message’s semantics can be defined as the intention or meaning behind a set of symbols. Mental processes are involved in the allocation of meanings to symbols. It is not a machine-level process, but a human one. You aren’t interested in the fidelity of a text (unless that is missing) or its syntax, unless you don’t understand it or the grammar is bad. You are more interested in what the book is about. Meaning The semantics is the meaning of the message. Computers can easily store, transmit and perform logic via transistors. However, they are unable to interpret data in the same way as a person. Are ASICs, ASICs or Raspberry Pi nodes able to understand Bitcoin in the same way as humans? No, I don’t think so.
This is the goal of meaningful communication: to motivate action. The pragmatic information level is the one that aims to motivate action. It is important to understand the reason for the message, or the goal of the information. Both parties must have genuine intelligence to reach these highest levels. We will have to wait and see if computers ever develop a mind.
“Go tell it on the mountain…” A code is a series of symbols that form a message with meaning (semantics), and the sender expects (apobetics), a response (pragmatics) from the recipient. It is impossible to receive a message if it was not transmitted correctly (good fidelity).
Cryptocurrency as Information
Bitcoin (the software) is written as computer code in a specific coding languages. Bitcoin is information, from the software and blockchain to key pairs for wallets. These information molecules, whether they be DNA molecules, flash drives or printed books, can store, transmit and reproduce this data. At this stage, the information is so dispersed that it’s virtually impossible to remove. It may not be popular with politicians and banks, but it is now out of its bottle. You can’t ban Bitcoin. But you can ban yourself.
Information is operationalized by fidelity and syntax. Higher levels of knowledge are concerned with purpose, pragmatics, apobetics and the response intelligent beings have based upon the meaning and intent of the message. In Bitcoin, fidelity – or clarity of transmission – is achieved by the internet (and has even been accomplished by HAM radio) connecting a network of nodes, miners, and wallets. Syntax of Bitcoin is the code languages that are used on these devices to create and run Bitcoin Core. Bitcoin’s meaning is that it is an immutable digital token which has a limited supply. The highest purposes of Bitcoin – the pragmatics and apobetics – are demonstrated in the users that run miners, nodes, and wallets who are motivated and seeking to secure their wealth from theft, either by robbery or debasement.
It is now an advanced and highly-reliable communication system. The internet cannot be destroyed without also destroying the human race as we know. Bitcoin’s computer languages and codes are so widely distributed that eliminating them would be impossible. The network would remain functional even if it were possible to destroy its fidelity. The following are some ideas to help you. of Bitcoin – the semantics, pragmatics, and apobetics – is too widely distributed to defeat. It has now reached millions of minds around the world. You could possibly destroy the entire internet, every computer that runs Bitcoin and the hard drives containing the blockchain. But you’d still have to find every Bitcoiner in order to eliminate the concept of Bitcoin. Who knows? You may have to track down every Bitcoiner due to the uncontrollable actions of a mad scientist. E. coli, too.
Daniel Howell is the author of this guest post. Opinions are solely theirs own These views do not reflect the opinions of BTC Inc.
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Source: bitcoinmagazine.com
