BTC has given component manufacturing a stiff standard to quality and efficiency. Probably one of the greatest innovation eras in computing.
I mean in twenty years we have whole computers thesize of credit cards... so... yeah what's next postage stamp octo-core fanless PCs?
I wonder if it will be more gradual as we integrate artifical life in to everyday living. Placing it aroung 2038. I am sure AI will be sentient by then. They won't work for you but they will share the mining profits with their human.