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Every few generations there are iconoclasts bent on destroying the past. They topple statues, burn books and try to remake the world by erasing history.
There is no perfect way to defend and preserve history... but some methods have worked relatively well...
Not just against organised destruction, but also against accidental destruction, war, civilization collapse, fire, looting, spoliation, natural disasters and other great forces of destruction.
Stone and pottery can last for millenia as egyptians and sumerians proved. Longer if buried.
Books, when widely distributed, can preserve history very long, as Scripture proves.
Oral tradition is good for a couple of centuries.
Mosaics also have a good record.
Of course even delicate objects (glass, porcelain, paintings) can last long if appreciated and actively safeguarded by a civilisation that values them, but there is no guarantee of that. Civilisations collapse every few centuries...
Proof of Work on a massive scale is by far the best method as the Pyramids of Giza show. When combined with wide, decentralised distribution (The Bible) and economic value... you get a time proven way to preserve history.
#Bitcoin combines all 3.
There is no perfect way to defend and preserve history... but some methods have worked relatively well...
Not just against organised destruction, but also against accidental destruction, war, civilization collapse, fire, looting, spoliation, natural disasters and other great forces of destruction.
Stone and pottery can last for millenia as egyptians and sumerians proved. Longer if buried.
Books, when widely distributed, can preserve history very long, as Scripture proves.
Oral tradition is good for a couple of centuries.
Mosaics also have a good record.
Of course even delicate objects (glass, porcelain, paintings) can last long if appreciated and actively safeguarded by a civilisation that values them, but there is no guarantee of that. Civilisations collapse every few centuries...
Proof of Work on a massive scale is by far the best method as the Pyramids of Giza show. When combined with wide, decentralised distribution (The Bible) and economic value... you get a time proven way to preserve history.
#Bitcoin combines all 3.