# Key Points from #hplusroadmap IRC Discussion

• The "antikernel" architecture was discussed as a security-focused alternative to conventional computing approaches, offering potential applications in securing nanomachines, MEMS devices, Bitcoin wallets, and AI containment systems by breaking from traditional von Neumann machine design.

• Stack machines were debated as potential future intermediate languages for AGI development, with references to research on high-performance stack machine instruction sets and C compiler implementations for such architectures.

• Participants explored innovative financing models for space-based self-replicating systems, including commodity futures markets, land claim registries, and zero-coupon bonds designed to reduce investor risk in long-term space mining operations.

• Financial sustainability models for speculative technologies like brain uploading were considered, suggesting uploaded minds could self-fund their computational existence through contracts allocating portions of their wealth for maintenance.

• Several neuroscience papers were shared examining connectomics, including research applying algebraic topology to analyze neural networks with millions of connections and studies comparing neuronal properties between species.

• Technical resources were exchanged, including a Python wrapper for Xvfb (pyvirtualdisplay), Project IceStorm (open-source FPGA toolchain), and Yosys (Verilog RTL synthesis tools), demonstrating the community's focus on open-source development tools.

• A commercial lunar mission concept was proposed that would include precisely measured micrograms of material as ballast to establish an initial market for lunar commodities, representing novel thinking about space commercialization.