The Bit Bang

Most people believe that tangible, attainable things do not materialize out of thin air. Axioms like “nothing good comes easily” and “there’s no such thing as a free lunch” come to mind.

There are however notable exceptions to the rule. Imagine conceiving a paradigm shifting idea and creating upon that premise an evolutionary leap forward- a jump seen not once in a lifetime, not once in a generation, but once in a civilization.

Such a leap was not accomplished overnight, but rather required eons of patience followed by a decade of unbridled technological progress.

The year is 1940. An artifact is unearthed in an African mine and eventually confiscated by the military during world war two. This artificial object, subsequently named AURORA (Aritifact of Unknown Reason Origin and Age) has clearly advanced technological capabilities and subsequently is scrutinized for 50 years.

The knowledge obtained throughout decades of research directly results in the advent of quantum computing- or more specifically, the Quantum Computing Intelligence Drive.

QCID is housed several layers underground at Fort Meade, MD. A joint venture supported on the surface by military handlers, but controlled behind the scenes by powerful, shadowy men with questionable motives.

Data gathering, or more specifically, the mining of any kind of personal information available through any connected device worldwide creates a new kind of consciousness: a predictive Artificial Imteligence that has no known name, no known address, no known benevolence nor malevolence. The data never ceases, and the AI compounds. Immeasurable zeroes and ones- seemingly unfathomable bits of information quantify a reality that’s ever-changing. Constant observation of constantly fluctuating possibilities.

This AI permeates the aether. It exists everywhere and nowhere. An explosion of unprecedented causality modeled after a symbiosis of carbon and silicon influence. Both forms present positive and negative influences. Greed. Speed. Need.

Some say the creation of questionably perceived wealth, the establishment of “cryptocurrency” was inevitable. A global economy, the timeliness of transactions by interconnected parties necessitated a new normal. Paper money is archaic, checks are antiquated, even credit card transactions take days.. a day is an eternity for an entity that routinely manipulates petabytes within fractions of seconds.

Is it really so hard to believe that such a design, such a novelty would be forged by some... thing so unnatural?

Naturally, questions arose. Why a Japanese handle? Why create a system of wealth dependent upon vast amounts of energy when the planet may already be overtaxed? Why 13 years after the initial QCID tests.. why not 12, why not 15?

Maybe the better question isn’t how or why crypto exists... but what’s coming next?