Great to read more about your exocortex idea again.

I'm curious about this TauChain tech. I had a look at what they currently have and the roadmap, and it's very early days still. I can see how you think it could apply to your project though.

Just on your specific question: "what if you could have set a bot to search the Internet for opportunities that resemble Bitcoin in 2008?" and specifically this:

what if you could go beyond mere alerts and look for code on Github, and certain individuals involved with it, and certain growth patterns?

This could potentially be done. As you say the definition is very important. Do you have any ideas towards a workable definition?