Quantum chemistry paper & the P2P Hypothesis

Magnus Hanson-Heine, research fellow in quantum chemistry at the University of Nottingham, writes in:

I came across your work on the peer-to-peer simulation hypothesis having recently published an article in the journal Chemical Science detailing the first instance of a computational physics simulation being performed using a blockchain virtual computer.

I thought you might find this work interesting given that the simulations were performed on the Ethereum blockchain and therefore (to my knowledge) represent the first example showing that, depending on your definitions, the physical world can be simulated within a computational environment that operates using a decentralized peer-to-peer proof-of-work consensus protocol in order to determine the agreed history of that simulation between the peers that make up the computational network.

Article: Computational chemistry experiments performed directly on a blockchain virtual computer. Chemical Science, 2020 (co-authored with Alexander P. Ashmore, School of Computing and Communications, The Open University).

Very cool! Readers interested in the P2P Hypothesis may also be interested in this post, Mesh World P2P Simulation Hypothesis, by computer programmer Eric Grange, Development Lead and Chief Architect at Creative IT.