It super interesting that compute is now literally oil and the state space of potential programs the oil field. It's literally a navigation or graph problem in an insanely huge multidimensional space.
https://www.dbreunig.com/2026/04/14/cybersecurity-is-proof-of-work-now.html
Marcus Hutchins makes a good point, but there's always an opportunity to apply a reward like hypercertificates to leaderboards like https://code4rena.com/leaderboard
So this is a legit problem for every internet facing system. Basically everyone has access to their person TAO.
https://sockpuppet.org/blog/2026/03/30/vulnerability-research-is-cooked/
"a sustained pattern of negligence" is easier to address than the nth-order consequences of these breaches.
https://dailydarkweb.net/lexisnexis-investigates-massive-data-breach-by-fulcrumsec/