james on Nostr: Notice the singular? The fact I hadn't named it is because another civilization would ...

Notice the singular? The fact I hadn't named it is because another civilization would create theirs, but the exact rules would be different. Maybe base 12 was the convention, their calendar worked better with 15 minute blocks, and they chose the geometric taper to be gradual rather than step functions (such as the block reward is a number minus the block height with some factors). Maybe it was needed a less urgently and got invented two generations after their internet. It's not Bitcoin, because that's ours.

Maybe I should have made PoW part of the specification of that last item.

For us, the digital ledger is Bitcoin, our main telecom solution is called the internet, and the best pre-digital money was gold.

Gold might be more universal because it is likely rare even on other planets, and it is distinguished from the other metals because of a unique color. Most metals are slivery, but maybe another has a unique hue due to different light sensors in eyes and a different spectrum illuminating it from their sun