Example: Computer that consumes 60i Watts per hour

Resolution criteria

This market will resolve to "Yes" if, by December 31, 2050 or earlier, a machine is publicly demonstrated to operate with energy consumption explicitly measured purely in imaginary numbers, such as a computer consuming "60i watts per hour." The demonstration must be documented in a reputable scientific publication or by a recognized industry authority. If no such demonstration occurs by the specified date, the market will resolve to "No."

• Update 2025-07-12 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): The creator has confirmed that for the market to resolve Yes, the energy consumption must be measured as a purely imaginary number, where the real part is explicitly zero. A complex number with a non-zero real part (e.g., 30 + 60j watts) would not meet the criteria.

• Update 2025-07-12 (PST): Can be any device, not necessarily electric one, as long as it needs amount of energy expressed in imaginary numbers to work. It can be mechanical or something, for what I care

• Update 2025-07-12 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): The resolution will be based on the standard scientific and engineering nomenclature for energy. A superficial "change of axis" or redefinition of terms to represent a value as imaginary will not be sufficient for a YES resolution.