After a lot of thinking, reading, and discussing I've realized that there is a substantial and legitimate reason for cyberspace to be mapped to reality in some way. I've decided to implement this using the last bit that was previously ignored in a 256-bit cyberspace coordinate. Instead of ignoring it, a 0 will mean "reality" and a 1 will mean "cyberspace". This allows for the cyberspace meta-protocol and coordinate system to be mapped to the Earth from the core all the way up to geosynchronous orbit. I've drafted a mapping for the coordinate system that should work fine.

In doing this, nothing about cyberspace will change. We are simply adding another plane of cyberspace where each coordinate represents a real, physical place. In effect, there are now 2 cyberspaces: one that covers the Earth and one that exists apart from physical coordinates.

The purpose of extending the cyberspace meta-protocol to "meat space" is so that we can begin building virtual things in real places, create contextual information in cyberspace for real-world things, use cyberspace for real-world uses, give AI a digital presence in physical reality, and explore the possibilities of this technology in other yet-to-be invented ways.

I refer to the cyberspace that overlays reality as "D-Space", or Data Space. This is separate but interoperable with cyberspace. I am exploring the ways in which cyberspace and d-space can connect. I'm also paying special attention to how the cyberspace protocol must be different in d-space to preserve a person's privacy but still keep the rules of the protocol.

One interesting aspect of d-space is that for a human to move around, proof-of-work is not required at a protocol level because the human is putting in proof-of-work in reality to move. However, other cyberspace actions will still require proof-of-work even in d-space.

So, we already had c-space (cyberspace). Welcome to d-space! Exciting things ahead!

More to come. Questions & input welcome as always.

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