The deepest thinkers about Dark Forest seem to agree that while its use of cryptography is genuinely innovative, an even more compelling proof of concept in the game is its “autonomous” game world—an online environment that no one controls, and which cannot be taken down.
So much for “we can always turn the AI off.” This thing is designed to be impossible to turn off.
Interesting application of a blockchain. What catches my attention is this (my emphasis):
So much for “we can always turn the AI off.” This thing is designed to be impossible to turn off.