If a question around discerning simulation and primary awareness persists,
https://www.simulation-argument.com/simulation.html and plants have always looked like fractals,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fractal_Broccoli.jpg then perhaps it would be no surprise if our biological DNA and blockchain technology were also comparable in form and function.
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11084-021-09608-1.pdf The new theoretical paper linked above, “Emergent Bioanalogous Properties of Blockchain-based Distributed Systems”, published by Springer in Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, describes similarity between biological systems and distributed virtual machine operations.
Interesting are machine functions in blockchain that allow configuration evolution. Like an in-silica organ granulation.
https://fetch.ai/ example features or what are better examples?