Apparently, Still not enough to get an Emmy. I lost my faith on Emmy's because of that.

I wish we can collectively "mine" solutions for questions that are currently un-solved.

Like Larger prime number, or create a hive mind that acts as an AI.

Isn't that the point of projects like folding@home?

And hive mind AI is literally skynet.

The Borg would be a better analogy; Skynet was just an AI with a specific purpose, no hive-mind about it.

Well that's more reassuring.

There are attempts to do this, for instance Primecoin and Curecoin.

All hail AI.

This is all real. I’ve been to some of the parties she mentioned. I hope that people read Brotopia and see that what Emily Chang is deriding isn’t Burning Man, renegades, or the like.

It’s how a predatory part of the startup population exploits these kinds of environments to use and hurt people.

I’ve gotten a lot of questions recently why I sort of dropped off the radar a few years ago in going to a lot of VC/founder rage scene. This is a big part of why. I don’t want me or the people I care about to be exposed to this.

And to be honest, I don’t know how to stop it.

For 4, I would recommend leetcode (or, others whichever suits you), and Algorithm Design Manual by Skiena.

2 activities that helped me greatly. Once you read and solve enough problems, then you will start noticing patterns while understanding their purpose.

that is a tough question as many other alt-coins have yet to be challenge by the huge volume that btc/eth experience. Some might say litecoin for one.

I also like litecoin for the purely selfish reasons of it still being (relatively) cheap. BTC prices are out of my ability to play, and most ICO's are derivatives of 'ScamCoin'. LiteCoin is one of the few options it feels I can still get in on the action with a purpose driven coin with a strong/transparent dev team.

You know you can buy fractions of a BTC, right?

yes. In an imaginary and hypothetical sense. :)

I was told to invest in Ethereum during its early days and I dis-regarded it.

Me there as well. You'd think I would have learned too...

I did buy two ether for about 20 dollars and I'm still holding onto that. Maybe it'll go way up.

A better question - should more investment happen?

Create an ICO for it and you'll earn millions /s

So we have a pool of agents, they can send binary blobs, they need to have X many tokens per day to survive (start it low, let it grow over time), they need some way to mine a blockchain, allow some way for them to reproduce via genetic ai & random mutations, add in some misc mechanism of disaster in order to reward saving for a rainy day, maybe add in a mechanism where agents can group up to kill other agents, see if they evolve a means of striking deals & splitting up loot for future attacks

Then eventually add a human console where people can invest in agents, see if the agent will give out returns, eventually allowing agents to put smart contracts on ethereum & interact with misc smart contracts..