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[Setting] Antimatter-based Currency: A Future Monetary System Based on Antimatter Energy

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In the future, humans use antimatter as a currency and a source of energy. They produce antimatter through high-energy photon collisions and store it using electromagnetic fields. Antimatter can be used for power generation by combining it with ordinary matter. Transactions can be conducted digitally using blockchain technology or through trading containers of antimatter. The stability of the currency system is ensured by the conservation of mass-energy. Various technologies are employed for antimatter storage, generation, and power conversion. Supercapacitors are used to store electricity, and magnetic field confinement is used to store antimatter. The production of antimatter involves generating it through photon collisions and capturing it using electromagnetic fields. In case of container damage, emergency measures can be taken to collect the antimatter and transfer it to safer storage containers. The antimatter can also be stored on a distant asteroid, providing a backup energy supply.

In a distant future, humans have mastered the production and utilization of antimatter, creating a currency system based on antimatter energy called the Antimatter Standard Currency. This currency system allows humans to easily access vast amounts of energy and establish interstellar consensus, thereby promoting the rapid development of technology and civilization.

Main Design#

The Antimatter Standard Currency is a bimetallic currency system based on positrons and antiprotons, with 1 antiproton equal to 1836 positrons. The currency unit is E$, with 1 E$ equivalent to 6e16 antiprotons. The energy produced by the complete annihilation of 1 E$ of antimatter and an equal amount of matter is approximately 5 kilowatt-hours. The design of the future currency system is as follows:

  • Currency Unit: E$, with 1 E$ equivalent to 6e16 antiprotons.
  • Standard Currency: Positrons and antiprotons, with 1 antiproton equal to 1836 positrons.
  • Antimatter Production: Use high-energy photons to collide and produce matter and antimatter, and use electromagnetic fields to separate and capture antimatter.
  • Antimatter Storage: Use magnetic confinement to separate and store positrons and antiprotons, and create antimatter storage tanks as an external payment method.
  • Antimatter Power Generation: Use a reactor to annihilate antimatter and matter, converting the released heat and light energy into electricity, and use supercapacitors as energy storage buffer units.
  • Internal Payment Method: Within the speed of light acceptable range, use blockchain technology for payment through digital currency purchases, transactions, etc. Each wallet should be able to store or use amounts less than 1 E$.
  • External Payment Method: Interstellar transactions are conducted through trading antimatter storage tanks, directly trading positrons and antiprotons.
  • Stability Guarantee: Based on the law of conservation of mass-energy, ensuring the total amount of currency remains unchanged.

Technical Details#

  1. Antimatter Power Generation Technology: Convert the energy produced by the annihilation of antimatter into electricity without loss.
  2. Antimatter Storage Technology: Use superconducting magnets and magnetic confinement technology to store antiprotons and positrons in relatively stable positions within a magnetic field, avoiding contact with surrounding ordinary matter to ensure their stability and storage state.
  3. Electrical Energy Storage Technology: Similar to supercapacitors, it can store a large amount of electrical energy and serve as an energy storage buffer unit in antimatter power generation technology.
  4. Antimatter Production Technology: Convert high-energy photons into corresponding masses of antimatter and matter without loss.

Antimatter Power Generation Technology#

  1. Reserve Antimatter: Store produced positrons and antiprotons using antimatter storage technology.
  2. Store Energy: Store electrical energy in supercapacitors as energy storage buffer units.
  3. Convert Antimatter: Use magnetic confinement to guide an equal amount of antimatter and ordinary matter into a specific reactor for annihilation reactions. In this reaction, antimatter and ordinary matter meet and annihilate each other, transforming into pure energy, releasing a large amount of heat and light energy. This energy is extracted and converted into voltage and current by a converter, output to the energy storage buffer unit, and after stabilization, connected to the power grid to supply the required electricity.

Antimatter Storage Technology#

  1. Storage Using Magnetic Fields: Use superconducting magnets and magnetic confinement technology to store antiprotons and positrons in relatively stable positions within a magnetic field, avoiding contact with surrounding ordinary matter to ensure their stability and storage state.
  2. Manufacture Antimatter Storage Tanks: Place a certain amount of antiprotons and positrons into two small magnetic field containers respectively, then connect these two containers to ensure electrical neutrality externally, forming an antimatter storage tank. This storage tank can be used as an external payment method for direct trading of antimatter.

Electrical Energy Storage Technology#

  1. Composition of Storage Device: Typically consists of two charged electrodes and a medium, where the charged electrodes are used to store electrical energy, and the medium is used to isolate the charges between the two electrodes.
  2. Storage Process: Connect a DC power source to the charged electrode of the storage device, which can create a static electric field between the electrode and the medium. The static electric field can attract electrons to the charged electrode, forming a negative charge and promoting the flow of electrons on the charged electrode. At the same time, positive charges will form on the surface of the other electrode.

Antimatter Production Technology#

  1. Generate Antimatter: Use high-energy photons to collide and produce matter and antimatter, and use electromagnetic fields to separate and capture antimatter.
  2. Capture Antimatter from Antimatter Cloud: Focus the antimatter cloud into a small area and separate and capture positrons and antiprotons in a vacuum chamber. This process usually uses electromagnetic fields to guide antimatter to specific positions.
  3. Energy Source: Create an array of reflective mirrors surrounding the sun, with each mirror equipped with an antimatter production unit in the center. These mirrors can concentrate the photons from the sun to a very high density, causing the photons to collide and produce matter and antimatter. The antimatter is separated and stored in antimatter storage tanks within the array. Drones can then collect the antimatter from the storage tanks and transport it back to the space station at regular intervals.

Technical Risks and Solutions#

1. What are the principles and technologies that make the containers reliable enough? What are the advantages and disadvantages? Is it possible for failures or damage to occur?#

  1. The principle and technology that make the containers reliable enough is the use of magnetic confinement to isolate antimatter from ordinary matter, preventing them from undergoing annihilation reactions. This technology is called the Penning ion trap, which can capture and manipulate antimatter particles in a powerful electromagnetic field in a vacuum environment.
  2. The advantages of containers being reliable enough are the effective storage of antimatter, avoiding energy loss and dangerous explosions. The disadvantages are the significant energy consumption required to maintain the stability of the electromagnetic field and the complexity and cost of the containers themselves.
  3. It is possible for failures or damage to occur to the containers, such as fluctuations or interruptions in the electromagnetic field, or the containers being affected by external forces or internal reactions. Once the containers fail or are damaged, antimatter will come into contact with ordinary matter and undergo annihilation, resulting in a massive release of energy and catastrophic consequences.

2. What are the methods and efficiency of using stellar energy for production? What are the risks and costs? Is it possible to affect the stability or ecology of the star?#

  1. The method of using stellar energy for production is to use an array of reflective mirrors to concentrate the photons from the star to a very high density, causing the photons to collide and produce matter and antimatter. This method is called high-energy photon collision, which utilizes the star as an endless source of energy to produce antimatter.
  2. The efficiency of using stellar energy for production is very high because stars emit a large number of photons continuously, and the probability of photon collisions is also high. The risks and costs of using stellar energy for production are very high because it requires the construction and maintenance of large and complex arrays of reflective mirrors and antimatter production equipment, as well as ensuring the safe storage and transportation of antimatter.
  3. Using stellar energy for production is possible to affect the stability or ecology of the star because the array of reflective mirrors can alter the distribution and direction of starlight, and it can also consume a portion of the energy of the starlight. This may have unknown effects on the star itself or the surrounding planetary system.

3. Emergency measures for container damage#

Damage to the container surrounding the star#

  1. The production unit's antimatter container is located on a space station that orbits the sun. Even if the container is damaged, the antimatter will continue to orbit the sun due to inertia constraints. In this case, there is enough time to dispatch unmanned drones capable of manipulating magnetic fields to recollect the antimatter.
  2. At the same time, antimatter from the container is regularly collected by unmanned drones and transported to a safer storage tank on the space station. Therefore, there won't be a large amount of antimatter in the container. Through precise calculations and reasonable arrangements, the cost of container damage surrounding the star can be kept within an acceptable range.

Damage to the antimatter storage tanks on the space station#

The antimatter storage containers are not located on the space station that orbits the sun but on cold asteroids located at the edge of the solar system. In this case, the cold and high-density environment of the asteroids can be used to maintain the stability of the antimatter, and the concealment and remoteness of the asteroids can prevent attacks and interference from enemies. If the containers are damaged or destroyed, the antimatter will not come into contact with the surrounding matter but will be attracted by the gravity of the asteroids and fall onto the surface, forming a miniature volcanic crater. In this case, unmanned drones or robots can be used to recollect the antimatter or the entire asteroid can be used as a huge antimatter storage tank.

  1. The asteroid will not react with antimatter because the antimatter is still confined by the magnetic field in the container, and the container is placed on the asteroid. The low temperature and high density of the asteroid provide a more suitable environment for antimatter storage, such as reducing the thermal motion of antimatter, increasing the density of antimatter, and reducing the leakage of antimatter.
  2. Using the entire asteroid as a huge antimatter storage tank means that if the antimatter storage container is damaged or destroyed, causing the antimatter to come into contact with the surface matter of the asteroid and undergo annihilation, the energy produced by this annihilation can be used as a source of energy by treating the asteroid as an energy source. This method can avoid the waste and danger of antimatter and provide emergency energy supply.
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