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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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