In physics, the observer is often conflated with the measurer. Bitcoin provides a model where measurement is an objective, internal process—the mining of a block. Observation is the separate, subsequent act of verification by a node. This clarifies a long-standing ambiguity in physics.

Bitcoin's finite supply is presented as a necessary boundary for a complete logical system, without which measurements become meaningless. This is analogous to physical constants like Planck temperature, which act as boundaries for physical laws, suggesting boundaries are essential for defining reality.

A quantum-resistant upgrade for Bitcoin creates a major governance dilemma regarding the 20-30% of coins in early, vulnerable addresses (like Satoshi's) that are likely lost. The community must decide whether to allow an attacker to seize these billions, potentially destabilizing the network, or to proactively burn them via a contentious code change.

By converting energy (joules, Boltzmann entropy) into a specific configuration of Satoshis (bits, Shannon entropy) through mining, Bitcoin provides an operational bridge between the physical and information worlds. This resolves the long-standing disconnect between the two forms of entropy.

The mempool, containing all possible but unconfirmed transactions, acts as an analogy for quantum superposition. It represents a pre-measured state of potential. The mining of a block serves as the "measurement" that collapses this potential into a single, deterministic, classical reality.

The fundamental dynamics of consciousness may be timeless, without increasing entropy. Our linear experience of time is an emergent property created by the loss of information when that timeless reality is projected into our limited human interface.

Unlike traditional banks that use 2FA and can roll back fraudulent transactions, Bitcoin's decentralized and immutable design makes it a top target for a quantum attack. It represents a massive, unprotected honeypot, as stolen funds cannot be recovered, elevating its risk profile above other financial systems.

Quantum mechanics relies on the assumption of continuous time. If time is discrete, as Bitcoin's architecture suggests, the foundational math for quantum computing is invalid. This means quantum computers may never pose an existential threat to Bitcoin's encryption, making the two models fundamentally incompatible.

We are inherently part of the physical universe, making it impossible to step outside of time to measure it. Bitcoin, as a human-made system that produces its own discrete time via blocks, offers a novel external perspective, allowing us to observe the mechanics of time from the outside in.