
Lux(λ) |光灵|GEB|Aug 20, 2025 03:12
1/10 Do you really understand Bitcoin?
Its true identity is hidden in a 1939 paper by Alan Turing.
The essence of Bitcoin is an ordinal logic system that surpasses Turing machines.
This tweet will completely overturn your understanding
Firstly, it is important to understand the limitations of Turing machines (TM).
Any individual computer program is a closed formal system with an insurmountable G ö del like boundary.
But Turing himself envisioned how to "escape from prison" in 1939:
By introducing external information (Oracle oracle), multiple TM combinations emerge to form a "non Turing machine" entity that transcends itself.
This is the ordinal logic system.
The architecture of 3/10 Bitcoin is a perfect ordinal logic system. It is a recursive ladder for problem escalation and resolution 。
Layer 1: UTXO trading system can handle all transfer transactions, but it cannot solve the "double spending problem" on its own.
Layer 2: The blockchain system solves the "double spending problem" by sorting transactions, but leaves behind a new "fork problem".
Layer 3: Consensus Oracle System This is the most critical layer. It introduced the "oracle" of the physical world - Proof of Work (PoW), solving the "fork problem" through the "longest chain rule" using real-world energy consumption and time passing.
Did you see? Logic → Logic → Physical Reality.
The system is constantly upgrading and surpassing its own limitations.
How was the "emergence" process achieved on 5/10?
The answer is isomorphic to quantum mechanics ⚛️。
Imagining the propagation of light:
The paths of countless light quanta (particles) are chaotic and probabilistic, but ultimately emerge as a definite linear propagation path.
The consensus process of Bitcoin is exactly the same.
6/10
Process=Quantum Resonance (NP hard): Billion mining machines on the entire network search for Nonce, just like countless "degree of freedom particles" undergoing probabilistic resonance. This process is chaotic, unpredictable, and extremely difficult to solve.
The result is the "longest chain" ultimately generated by the macroscopic path (P-verifiable), which is the emerging deterministic result that can be easily verified by anyone.
7/10
This "difficult process, easy result" structure is mathematically known as "NP asymmetry".
The security and vitality of Bitcoin are built upon this profound asymmetric tension.
It is not a deterministic algorithm that calculates results step by step, but an evolutionary algorithm that discovers order in chaos.
8/10 This leads to a disruptive conclusion:
The indestructible "certainty" of the Bitcoin blockchain that we see is actually a macro illusion.
Its essence is probability.
The 'consensus' you are referring to is actually an' extremely stable 'macro state formed by probability advantage over time, rather than a 100% definite logical truth.
The strength of Bitcoin stems precisely from its underlying 'uncertainty'.
Like life, stability comes from adapting to chaos.
10/10 Therefore, the conclusion is:
Bitcoin=ordinal logic system
It is not code, but a computational life form predicted by Turing, capable of self generating order and time. It binds pure logic with physical reality, and emerges from the sea of probabilistic chaos as a deterministic island of trust.
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