π Why the Pyramids are still Standing Today (Understanding Proof Of Work)
π If you ever had the privilege of spending time in Egypt and endure the brutal bus ride to the bustling city of Cairo just to witness the Great Pyramids of Giza; you'd freeze in awe at the very first sight of this majestic monument of immutability.
When you look to the Pyramids, as you ride up the sand dune on a desert camel and see a monument thatβs 481 feet in the air, taller than the Statue of Liberty, and go βWow!β, that expression alone is a testament to what the builders of the pyramid 4,000 years ago understood. Thereβs no way that something like that can be built cheap.
It is a declaration to every civilization that visits or shall come to pass, βBehold! this is the measure of the Egyptian civilization.β
This is the Proof of Work of their civilization.
An intelligent race, rich and abundant. You cannot built this unless you can feed 100,000 mouths. Or commit resources for decades.
There is no short cut. No way of cheating mother nature.
The Pyramid can withstand the harshest elements (weather and time), while preserving a window into the past.
It allowed the megastructure to last not just beyond the lifetimes of their pharaohs but also way past the Ancient World.
Contrary to popular belief, it wasnβt slaves who built the pyramids. We know this because archaeologists have located the remains of a purpose-built village for the thousands of workers who built the famous Giza pyramids, nearly 4,500 years ago.
Today, while we donβt know exactly how it was built, what we do know is that they required massive amounts of energy and work.
While you may think this is wasteful...
A pyramid without Proof of Work would not exist today. It would simply crumble to dust.
If it did, nobody would even know the Egyptian civilization ever existed.
Think about the structures we build today.
Barely anything will last for decades, let alone for a millennia.
Structures today are made with profit in mind. It is built to meet the ''Good Enough'' standard for occupancy.
The latter is built cheap (cost-effective); the former is built to last. There is a huge difference.
The pyramids serves as a reminder of a culture that came before us. It left an indelible mark; A testimony of culture, history, ideology and power during the height of their civilization.
Even today, it is hard not to notice the Pyramids when you enter the city.
The megastructure conjures up visions of wealth & splendor in its heyday.
While the glory of the lands of Egypt have long faded, its ideology and underlying philosophies remains preserved for us.
Millions of workers dedicated centuries of labor to the creation of the blocks that form the foundation of the pyramid, each one a measure or proof of physical work.
Today, it would take a proportionate amount of ''Energy'' just to break down the pyramids.
The Great Pyramid is therefore an architectural illustration of the proof-of-work principle: the energy required to demolish and clear the site is directly proportional to the energy invested in building it.
But demolishing one of humanity's Greatest monument would be almost unthinkable!
It would take so much more ''energy'' today because of its aura of invincibility.
A pyramid can only be built in one direction: upwards.
It starts with a base, on top of which new layers are added.
If a stone block (or piece of history) was to be altered, the pyramid layers would have to be broken down, the block replaced and built back up.
Historic blocks become more secure as the pyramid rises, and immutability of the pyramid is directly proportional to the energy that was used to erect them.
Immutability is defined as unchanging in its characteristic. Or cannot be changed or tempered with.
A pyramid is therefore virtually immutable β the larger the pyramid, the more resources or energy is needed; The harder it is to change or remove a bottom ''block''.
It is thus regarded as the most immutable structure known to man.
Now imagine if the pyramid construction continued through the millennium until today, with the latest technology being used to stack new blocks on top of the older blocks; that pyramid would be the most secure monument that mankind has ever attempted to construct.
Which is why we even see a pyramid being showcased here:
Mankind even attempted to replicate this form countless times but to no avail.
As we have seen throughout history, if people were to be put in charge of the issuance of money, it tends to disintegrate rather quickly.
The US Dollar is no exception. It can be easily tempered with.
We see politicians and central bankers do it all the time.
They use fiat to do their bidding. Win an election, fight a war or pursue their political agenda.
That is why it is important for us to understand how the Pyramids were erected. And why it stood strong for over 4,500 years.
What good is a pyramid whose principles & foundation can easily be tempered with?
A weak foundation built on a lack of integrity is bound to collapse.
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Fiat money today is used as a system of control rather than just a store of value or a medium of exchange.
Governments use fiat money (the lifeblood of its citizens) to print themselves out of trouble or every mistake they make.
When all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.
Which is why trust in the world is at an all-time low...
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In a world where trust is at an all-time low, how much would it cost then to engineer an open decentralized peer-to-peer financial system governed only by the laws of math and physics (native to the internet)?
If you think deeply enough, it would be in the hundreds of trillions of dollars in todayβs inflated economy.
To our freedom,
Winson