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 Design an API that requires all control actions, or especially sensitive control actions to be stamped with X amount of bitpower, therefore verifying a superfluous physical cost was paid to send the control signal.

It's not actually that complicated lmao. 
 > Design an API

This is exactly what I’m asking for. I don’t think you can. I don’t think anyone can. Lots of theories fall flat at practical application and I think softwar is one of them. Cool theory, doesn’t work in practice. 

> it’s not actually that complicated lmao. 

So give me the concrete design for the API and stop with the theoretical word salad. I understand the thesis and all it entails. Doesn’t mean shit if you can’t deliver functioning code. 
 Who says functioning code hasn't already been implemented. Bitcoins network PROVES this concept is totally valid.  
 You have circular logic. Good luck. Let me know when you have bitcoin protecting some other system than itself in cyberspace. 
 Military is already doing it. 
 Do tell. (Former DoD Intel for 11yrs until 2019) 
 2019 was a long time ago. 
 Agreed. 👌 
 Is this implying that some is running something "Turing complete" on btc? 
 It implies a lot. None of it verifiable. 
 How does Bitcoins network ensure the people running it don't bypass its requirements or enforce its security?

 
 Economic consistency. Predictability. All valuable to bitcoins layer 0 - the people. 
 The real answer is physical power. 
 Right. Meat space. My question is around cyberspace. 
 The Bitcoin protocol is a brute-force physical power digitization protocol. 
 Nodes enforce the rules not miners. Have all the hash rate you want but if the block proposed doesn’t abide by the rules nodes will reject it. The meat space constraints (energy) only affect who gets to update the ledger. No? 
 Right. Meat space. My question is around cyberspace. 
 The Bitcoin protocol is a brute-force physical power digitization protocol. 
 Nodes enforce the rules not miners. Have all the hash rate you want but if the block proposed doesn’t abide by the rules nodes will reject it. The meat space constraints (energy) only affect who gets to update the ledger. No?