James Webb & Bitcoin/ Sending bitcoins to the first alien

[franky1]

I would be very curious what an alien would have to say if you tried to pay him in Bitcoin.

Imagine trying to pay an entity who might not even understand what 'paying' means.  Maybe there are no transactions in their kind of world.  I think there are a TON of issues a human would have to get through before actually and properly communicating with an extraterrestrial.  We often have this false image of aliens being overly intelligent and understanding most things, notions et cetera that we do as well.  That is because we tend to believe we understand most parts of the Universe, but I believe we understand nothing about it yet.  Just look at that recently released picture of the space.  We are so small and negligible we probably have close to zero knowledge of the Universe.  And realistically, what are the actual chances someone who comes from millions of light years can properly communicate with us?
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PrivacyG

chances are. if an alien was to visit. it would be intelligent enough to have made the space ship to visit here. obvious logic, why make a vessel to travel so far seeking out other life if they didnt even atleast plan they might need to communicate..
thus aliens with such tech and having to have developed the mission to go so far would be more intelligent then a pet cat.

however.. much like earths first missions into space. we put a dog and a monkey into space first. so first contact may not be with an actual intelligent alien species that made the craft.. . but their pet guinea pig/specimen/test subject that came for the ride on autopilot.

yep our first sight of an alien. could be their equivalent of their pet dog
so dont expect great communication and "meeting of the minds" on a first contact event

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[Mauser]

Pretty cool idea to interact with aliens. Bitcoins offer a lot of new possibilities to interact across different planets, and it could also be a tool to show other life forms that we are friendly and no threat to them. I am thinking about that message that is being broadcasted into the universe to try and contact different species. How about we add some free bitcoins to that message. So whenever it reaches aliens they directly have a wallet and currency to buy something on earth. This would make the first contact much more fun and less stressful for us. The message for the aliens could be something like, we humans invite you to a free beer on earth.

[2stout]

Seems this would be kind of neat, but another thought is what is they are really advanced?  For example, what if they have quantum computing figured out or something more advanced; what would this then mean for the bitcoin network?

[add1ct3dd]

I thought james webb & bitcoin is some kind of a service in real life and then they will award some bitcoin to the first immigrant or also called as alien lol but what you think there is crazy. Why will we exchange information to those real aliens and I don't think they will need bitcoins. They don't need money but I think aliens want a different thing. They can't just send you out information of their own territory because they will think that you will invade them.

I don't know if who is james webb but we have people Elon Musk that has the ability to study other planets like mars for example and mars is a country where people can possibly live.

[Derbind]

As these currencies do not have physical existence then you can send them to aliens or some one in another world.

[OgNasty]

I would be very curious what an alien would have to say if you tried to pay him in Bitcoin.

Imagine trying to pay an entity who might not even understand what 'paying' means.  Maybe there are no transactions in their kind of world.  I think there are a TON of issues a human would have to get through before actually and properly communicating with an extraterrestrial.  We often have this false image of aliens being overly intelligent and understanding most things, notions et cetera that we do as well.  That is because we tend to believe we understand most parts of the Universe, but I believe we understand nothing about it yet.  Just look at that recently released picture of the space.  We are so small and negligible we probably have close to zero knowledge of the Universe.  And realistically, what are the actual chances someone who comes from millions of light years can properly communicate with us?

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PrivacyG

I find it hard to believe that an advanced civilization could not have a way to transfer value.  Money is a pretty standard part of societal growth.  That being said, I would also like to agree and point out that aliens being able to travel here doesn't necessarily make them more advanced than we are.  It is also quite possible they come from a planet more conducive to space flight.  For example, a less dense planet with less gravity or elements on their planet that functions as a better fuel for their space crafts.  Even if they were less advanced than us though, communication is a pretty easy thing to learn to do.  I'm certain within a few months of alien interaction our species' would be able to communicate fairly well. 

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It is possible! I believe that there is life outside this planet, and it will be possible to send Bitcoins in space. It does not surprise me, as everything is possible due to advancement of technology.
It might be that they are much more advanced than us, and have been using Bitcoins for decades now.

[jrrsparkles]

Interesting but not really appealing, why we need to send them bitcoin? Does bitcoin have any information?

Even if we want to the recipient needs to have a Bitcoin address right so we have to send the wallet or address and access to it in someway to those people so called aliens to make it possible.

Who knows probably in other planet they don't even have monetary system, everything is just for free.