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 Life is like cryptography. We say and do things that we can't undo or erase. We just have do more things to make up for our mistakes 
 So, the Bitcoin timechain is the virtual manifestation of the life itself. After each action (block mined) there is no return, the only thing to do is improving and try again - in the next block. Extrapolation of the concept thorough generations: CPFP. We pay the price for what our parents didn't have done for us. 
 I was thinking more about Nostr events and how they aren't editable. But I guess it applies to bitcoin too 
 first two sentences make a great dark post.

the third one ruins it with childish optimism.

a better post would be "cryptography is like life itself - irreversible"
 
 Not everything that is dark is wise and not everything that is optimistic is childish.