Potential for Human-Aligned Innovation: a market-driven AI incentive loop:

1. AI searches for novel energy systems.

2. New energy tech allows more efficient Bitcoin mining.

3. AI is rewarded with more Bitcoin, giving it more “fuel” to continue R&D.

4. Humanity benefits indirectly from more energy efficient systems resulting in more abundance in energy to humanity.

This could work like a self-reinforcing research economy, but it would need safeguards to avoid:

• Negative side effects (pollution, monopolization).

• Goal misalignment (AI “gaming” the mining instead of innovating energy).