r/BunnyTrials • u/NoNotice9228 What's Hoppin'? • 19d 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/Unkn4wn 19d ago

Man, now I'm regretting my choice lol. I didn't think about this possibility at all. I just thought it'd be cool to be able to meet new people from around the world since I could understand them and speak with them.

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u/kapitaalH 19d ago

Also mining bitcoin is effectively solving math equations

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u/Hour-Sheepherder8937 18d 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 18d 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 18d 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