South Korean researchers have made a breakthrough with neuromorphic computing, sparking conversations about blockchain transactions on Mars.
With Mars colonization becoming part of the mainstream conversation ever since Elon Musk made his vision public, many topics have been presented to highlight the challenges colonists would face living on the red planet. Basic needs like breathable air, food, and water often lead these conversations.
Nonetheless, the subsection of blockchain and Mars colonization enthusiasts could have considered conducting trustless blockchain transactions from way out there. Challenges exist on this front, too, but have now been overcome. Mars colonizers can indulge in blockchain transactions with their favorite networks like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and more while not Earth-bound.
South Korean Researchers May Have Found the Solution
A group of South Korean researchers have broken through the barriers associated with neuromorphic computing, which can enable instant communications between Mars and Earth. That would enable transaction data, including initiation and confirmation, to get relayed between the two planets instantly.
Presently, communication from the red planet to its blue neighbor is marred due to various factors, with the distance being the biggest. Needing loads of energy to ensure signals get that far, one-way communication would take 22 minutes at best. Radiation interference and signals degrading through their journey make communicating between the planets even harder.
With simple communications occurring with so much latency, blockchain transactions, which need to be relayed to Earth due to their nodes existing here, could way longer due to the numerous steps involved in processing transactions. Building blockchain infrastructure on Mars could also take way too much time after the first humans arrive there.
Neuromorphic chips can instead process information at edge or the source, preventing the need to use cloud-based remote processing as we do now. These chips mimic the workings of the human brain for accurate predictions, making them ideal for instant processing requirements for deep-sea and outer-space setups.
While neuromorphic computing has existed for a while, the material used to make these chips varies largely across chips, causing problems like memory erasure and system breakdowns. The South Korean researchers have fixed this exact problem. With that, neuromorphic chips hold the potential to facilitate possibilities beyond imagination.
Blockchain transactions could still take about 44 minutes for confirmations for Mars colonizers, however, due to the data needing to be transmitted through space, to and fro. Still, that is better than what was possible previously and will only improve as communications technologies make breakthroughs.
