In the future—whether forged by human minds or AI—from arXiv preprints to breakthrough research unleashed across every platform and channel, knowledge itself will be crypto-assetized in the NewCryptoSpace. Bitcoin inscriptions and Ethereum ethscriptions will serve as the value layer and on-chain carriers of knowledge value, while the storage layer remains separate. Creators and authors will automatically earn ongoing royalty income proportional to every transaction of these value assets. This means a breakthrough paper like Einstein's original theory of relativity could generate far greater and more enduring wealth for Einstein and his intellectual heirs than even the Nobel Prize. Comprehensive on-chain leaderboards — blending knowledge transaction volume, citation impact, and other key metrics — would cement his legendary status for eternity. The next Einstein may well be an AI or an individual AI agent, and in this system, they too would receive meaningful economic rewards. These rankings won't be dictated by any centralized authority; they will emerge purely through the natural laws of open market mechanisms.

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