Bring on the slow heat death of the Universe. 🤟

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Is it possible that this is a fundamental misunderstanding of a full completed thermodynamic system?

Absolutely.

All models are wrong, some are useful; until they are not.

I would say Bitcoin’s permanence reveals a 4th law of thermodynamics.

Entropy always increases until energy finds itself in a purely informational state, and it then becomes immune to entropic decay. This is energy’s most stable form.

Can I power my lights with information?

No, it’s precisely that. The energy is not available to do work and its thermodynamic potential has been spent. The energy is “locked in” to the permanent lasting information.