I wonder if the pursuit of crypto is equivalent to our aspirations in space. We may not get to Mars but we'll learn a lot by attempting and will have valuable biproducts.
Of course there is a waste product as well and the pursuit holds some cost but it motivates people and that shouldn't be underestimated
This reminds me of the Greek paradox "Ship of Theseus" which asks the question if every part of a ship is reconstructed over time is it the same ship?
If any subset of the new ship is a subset of the original ship then surely. But this also raises the question if we take a subset and build a new ship. Which is the original?
Another interesting take is to introduce non-physical attributes such as a name of the ship. That way every piece of wood could be changed but the name attribute would still make it a subset
I actually made a similar "flood it" game last summer to practice Vue 3.
In my version there is no timer and I added some power-ups to add a little more complexity to my project.
Disclaimer: Not so mobile friendly :(
https://flood.kirkegaard.tech/