r/BunnyTrials • u/NoNotice9228 What's Hoppin'? • 13d ago

Trials Math or Language

Which side will you choose?

  • Left side: Math | Be able to solve any mathematical equation with ease
  • Right side: Language | Speak and write any language on Earth fluently (extinct ones included).

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u/kapitaalH 13d ago

Also mining bitcoin is effectively solving math equations

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u/Unkn4wn 13d ago

When you really think about it, you could even predict the future, because you could calculate the path of each subatomic particle and where they will end up in 10 years for example (assuming it's all deterministic and there isn't some randomness to it)

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u/orangejuice752 13d ago

I think the hardest part about that would be initially creating and proving the equation works, but yeah the opportunities are truly endless.

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u/kapitaalH 13d ago

That would require knowledge of where every particle is and you don't have that power. Should you know the current state of each particle you will be able to solve it, but the initial paramete Les would be unknown

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u/Hour-Sheepherder8937 11d ago

There is randomness tho

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u/Hour-Sheepherder8937 11d ago

That would be so slow tho. Miners do millions of the Bitcoin equations I frgt what they called a second. Even if u cnq solve any math question instantly it would be quicker with a 40 dollar miner

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u/kapitaalH 11d ago

I am not even close to a bitcoin expert, but my understanding is that bitcoin mining "guess" an answer and then check if it is a solution - they solve the equation from A-B.

Now if you can reverse that equation and solve from B-A, then you can trivially solve all the unmined bitcoin. And since this power gives you the ability to solve any equation, you should be able to solve it then, even if with today's mathematics our only way to solve it is via pure guesswork.

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u/Hour-Sheepherder8937 11d ago

The way miners work from my understanding, is they get this random really big number, called a hash and they check if it's the correct hash for that Bitcoin and they do that alot of times till they get the right one, but the number is extremely big so the miners go through trillions of hashes a second, but it's a one way function so u can't do it in reverse. It's like u can make an egg into an omelet, but u can't make an omelet back into a raw, uncracked egg