What is #cyberspace?

❌ it is NOT a game

❌ it is NOT a simulation of reality

❌ it is NOT a catch-all term for "the internet" or digital worlds in general

✅ it IS a specific, finite digital space

✅ it is ONLY accessible via a thermodynamic protocol

✅ it IS a new unique addition to reality that was not previously accessible before this protocol existed

✅ NOTHING can happen in cyberspace unless PROOF OF WORK happens in reality

Just as the bitcoin protocol created a new scarce digital resource hidden in time, cyberspace creates a new scarce digital space accessible and formable by energy expenditure.

Digital things are like ideas — they are not real unless you put work into them.

Satoshis are real because they are created through proof-of-work. They become more desirable and more real as more proof-of-work is applied to their creation (hashpower increase across the network)

Similarly, digital objects in cyberspace are real because they cannot exist without the expenditure of proof-of-work.

This is just a short explanation to bring clarity to some frequent questions I get. Please share if you find it interesting, and please ask if you have questions!

The protocol: