An idea I've toyed around with is the idea of "blockchain protocols as the clock rhythm for distributed consciousness"
Like, you've got a bunch of computers running the same algorithm. Every so often, a new block gets pushed to the chain, and becomes common knowledge. This constitutes one "frame" of distributed consciousness, and contains some kind of consolidation or average of the input of all the constituent nodes.
Inside those nodes, you can have arbitrary subroutines operating in parallel wavelengths, but the outermost blockchain is like a [conductor | yearly census | drummer boy's marching beat | pulse | bible]
An idea I've toyed around with is the idea of "blockchain protocols as the clock rhythm for distributed consciousness"
Like, you've got a bunch of computers running the same algorithm. Every so often, a new block gets pushed to the chain, and becomes common knowledge. This constitutes one "frame" of distributed consciousness, and contains some kind of consolidation or average of the input of all the constituent nodes.
Inside those nodes, you can have arbitrary subroutines operating in parallel wavelengths, but the outermost blockchain is like a [conductor | yearly census | drummer boy's marching beat | pulse | bible]