Picture this! It is some time in the not-too-distant future and humans managed to colonize Mars.
The first settlers on the red planet get paid handsomely to build infrastructure and working systems to support more migration.
The Martian economy is still young, but the early settlers still need to support their families back on Earth and thus Bitcoin becomes the first interplanetary currency.
While this has the makings of a science fiction tale, it is within the realm of possibility, according to a recently published research paper.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk introduced the idea of colonizing Mars and making humans a multi-planetary species not so long ago.
Bitcoin as an interplanetary currency means it would be used to facilitate transactions across both planets.
An impressive scale and certainly one that would mark the height of human economic achievement.
While this sounds like a walk in the park on paper, some major challenges arise right off the bat.
For example, the great di
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