Bitcoin is a platform for money - like an open network for accounting software vaguely.

Ethereum is a platform for more complex contracts between computers - like an open network for business law. The ETH coin is a subset of all this.

The motivation behind them is hugely different. bitcoins were created by libertarian types, looking to create a free world on the internet.

Ethereum was more about technical perfection for such an effort. It's not only a coin but a language for commerce between machines.

My gran died a couple of years ago and one of the biggest regrets I have is that I didn't talk with her about her life. My advice is spend as much time with her as possible, talk to her, learn about her (write things down if you need to) - and then keep her in your memories. Pass on your knowledge of her to the next generation. That is basically as close to immortality most of us get.

I might be too old fashioned, but since you're talking about your grandma, that might not be a bad thing. Have you asked her how she feels about death? She might not want to be frozen, or otherwise kept from death. I've had to deal with death way too much recently. It's horrible, and my heart goes out to you. But sometimes dying people see loved ones who are already dead. Real, or imagined, I won't know for sure until I take that last trip. I've started to feel very selfish for keeping my sister on life support as long as I did. Personally, I really believe that death is just a transition. Regardless, I think spending as much time with her as you can, and even recording conversations with her would be a good thing. Whatever you choose, I wish you both well.

Record her talking about her life and memories, oral history vcan be an amazing gateway into the past.

ice, ice baby

One grandma on the rocks, extra sweet.

Wait you're gonna go with "plastication" because you think it has less embarrassing analogies than freezing?

What if each brain uploaded - or rather the owner of such brain gets a royalty?

Depends whose brain gets uploaded, what if a slacker replicates?