How POWERFUL is REDSTONE in Minecraft?

[@donneler]

In education edition it is proven that a Redstone block is 31% carbon 31% uranium and 38% unobtanium. Unobtanium is a placeholder for an unknown element.

[@bytesizelab]

That makes sense! I've never played the education edition, but being part uranium tracks!

[@dylan8435]

​@@bytesizelab any material that IS a combination of carbon and uranium? Or IS even such combination posible?

[@bytesizelab]

Combining elements is how we get different compounds in real life. Carbon is used throughout nature to create stability in chemical compounds. Theoretically, it could be used to stabilize a reaction between uranium and some other radioactive element, but there's no way to know for certain if that's what is happening here. There are ways to create this combination in lab settings, but I don't know if there are any conditions in real life to create combinations between carbon and uranium.

[@agsilverradio2225]

Actually, Education Edition gets alot of real world compounds wrong, so it's kinda a bad source. I say, ignore EE, and look at comparing the actual propertys.

[@ShreeGour]

​@@bytesizelabhey listen Let's make some random youtuber make it Or This is elin muck

[@Ace-gi8pf]

Redstone can power components wirelessly through Quasi Connectivity, while it started as a bug it has been decided to keep this as an permanent mechanic, meaning Redstone does give off SOME form of energy or radiation. In fact the radiation is so strong it can make a piston activate and push all 12 gold blocks as if it was touching the block of Redstone.

[@bytesizelab]

Cool! I haven't looked into that. I'll have to check it out!

[@Ivan26085]

Suggestion: how powerful is Minecraft command block

[@bytesizelab]

Interesting idea!

[@greywolf9783]

Absurdly

[@Pokeshek1]

It's power is infinite it bends reality it can bend the world's space-time

[@bytesizelab]

Teleportation, changing time of day, creating blocks from a signal,... Basically reality breaking!

[@Pokeshek1]

@@bytesizelab it has also been used to make stuff that look straight from a mod(perfect circle)

[@George00821]

It's crazy how 1 cubic meter of cobblestone and a stick combined together can also power things like the redstone block as well. Wonder how powerful those stones are. (Buttons can do it too but its only temporary unlike levers)

[@bytesizelab]

Definitely! At least each of the blocks like pistons and repeaters still need redstone, but you could easily make a gravity generator (think of it like a huge battery) using a piston, some gravel/sand, and a button.

[@George00821]

​@@bytesizelabI never thought that would be possible. Really goes to show how absurdly powerful Minecraft things can be

[@ramuk1933]

Make a simple redstone clock, set it up to a sticky piston, attach it to a crank that converts the linear momentum into angular momentum, and use that to spin a generator. Infinite power supply!

[@somdudewillson]

Here's an idea of what could be a whole series of videos: Comparing and contrasting the various generators/machines/etc of Minecraft tech mods with their real-world equivalent.

[@bytesizelab]

That's a great idea!

[@Jason9637]

1:26 if you think they're experts... just wait till you come across guys like cubicmetre

[@bytesizelab]

I'll have to look out for their videos!

[@theend-nz6vs]

If redstone blocks are this dense wouldn't they be radioactive

[@bytesizelab]

Density doesn't necessarily mean radioactive. Gold is one of the densest materials, but it isn't radioactive. But, redstone does give off particles, so... maybe?

[@dadamaldasstuff1816]

A redstone torch is 9x cheaper and a lever is ∞x cheaper, but both provide the same amount of energy.

[@bytesizelab]

Absolutely true! But this way, I could calculate a minimum energy density. Honestly, a button provides just as much power too!

[@agsilverradio2225]

But a button needs somone to constantly press it.

[@kongernen9373]

If you use repeaters you could be able to move a lot more gold blocks

[@bytesizelab]

You could move infinite blocks theoretically

[@RealmsSMPStudios]

Blue Ice is the actual heaviest block, it contains 9 packed Ice blocks, which each contains 9 ice blocks, which each are just a stackable water block, which is approximately, at its max, equal to over 2 billion tons or something like that, and if each of those 759 pistons can lift that, these numbers grow exponentially, try and make another video using these physics regardless of how it would actually be in real life if you think it’s worth it…

[@bytesizelab]

Blue ice actually exists in the real world! It's created when glaciers are exposed to high levels of solar radiation. But it's only slightly more dense than regular ice and still floats on salt water (making it less dense than water in the first place).

[@RealmsSMPStudios]

@ wow, water out here just being the weirdest substance ever second to other forms of matter…

[@randomphantom3976]

"Ignoring gravity" lol science video tries to discuss minecraft, this is what happens.

[@bytesizelab]

Well, most of the game ignores gravity anyway 🙃

[@catman8791]

Such a small channel making such amazing content. I always love finding hidden gems on KZbin.

[@bytesizelab]

Thank you so much!! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@ethan9593]

My headcanon is that each device that outputs work (pistons, lamps, dispensers, etc) has its own self-contained power source. The redstone is just a small signal that tells it to activate. That's why buttons and levers can activate devices without containing redstone.

[@bytesizelab]

That's an interesting idea! Those recipes do call for redstone much of the time (exceptions are things like iron doors). But that means one redstone dust could still move 231600 kg of gold in 0.1 seconds. Still a ton of energy, but not quite on the same scale (365,800 GJ/year or 0.013% of the whole system)

[@gustavolopes5094]

My idea is precisely the inverse, the redstone itself is the power. But the powder needs something to activate it, like a button just bonks it and activates the redstone via collision. But then that collision can only activate so much of the redstone, so a repeater somehow uses the energy in the redstone to activate more redstone. The torch does it through heat, and from the block we can figure out that concentrated redstone is always active. So that's a possible way of how repeaters do it, they concentrate redstone in a small enough volume for it to get more easily activated, and so the barely powered powder activates it, and then that signal gets transfered to the redstone on the front. I should call matpat

[@bytesizelab]

Another interesting idea!

[@agsilverradio2225]

I think your both right. I think that redstone releases stored energy when stimulated by either preassure (such as being nudged by an input device, put on a stick, or condenced into a block), or radiation from another nearby peice of redstone. This includes the redstone present in many crafting recipies, such as pistons.

[@tecktan7250]

Remember that the energy from redstone will never run out and you can use repeaters to extend the range of redstone!

[@spaceguygames8876]

And a Netheriteblock (estimated to be around 4 Goldblocks and 4 Blocks of a Unknown meterial(i guess PbO)) is around 5.5 times as heavy as a Goldblock and this means one Readstone Block can push 974`476.800t in 1/10 of a second. Next Update aquired

[@spaceguygames8876]

And you forgot about Reapeater, which can make ti way more Powerful to infinity, where each makes 1/10 of a seacond of delay and multiply the amount by a factor not clear for me!

[@bytesizelab]

Absolutely huge amounts! This is why I wanted to compare it to a real world block just to get an idea of some realistic numbers

[@bytesizelab]

I mentioned that I wouldn't be using repeaters since one block's signal could be carried on forever that way.

[@nyphakosi]

i think netherite blocks are moveable by pistons, and are 4x+ as dense as gold

[@bytesizelab]

I agree with you! But netherite doesn't exist in the real world. I wanted to use the heaviest real element to get a ballpark estimate of how powerful it is.

[@RubberDuckyDJ]

​​@@bytesizelabNetherite may not exist. But we know it's at least four times as dense as gold. Since each ingot requires four gold ingots to craft.

[@dimensionalchaos8422]

I always thought that it was a conductive material that reacts when near more of the same element, like how a block produces infinite power, but powder does not.

[@bytesizelab]

This is actually how nuclear reactors work! The material by itself and unrefined can not create much power on its own. In higher concentrations, it can create a self-sustaining reaction.

[@Username22iw]

Redstone Is op

[@theend-nz6vs]

Do the redstone heart from Minecraft story mode

[@bytesizelab]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@star_fran4486]

the actual heaviest block in minecraft is the netherite block, because each netherite ingot needs 4 gold ingots and 4 netherite scraps, that makes the netherite block ~4x heavier, that means the redstone block is also ~4x more powerful than shown in the video

[@bytesizelab]

You're right that netherite is the heaviest Minecraft block, but gold is the heaviest real world block. I was trying to see what realistic numbers redstone was capable of

[@You_Ate_My_Soap]

What about blue ice, it’s 81 ice each is 1 water which can flow from world height to bedrock and goes 8 blocks per layer so 81x64x384x1000kg or something like that idk

[@randomphantom3976]

@@bytesizelab In the wise words of one of the many Minecraft main menu splash texts, "Stop being reasonable! This is the internet!" Gotta be willing to go far outside the box when talking Minecraft science.

[@bytesizelab]

I'll take that into consideration for future videos 😅

[@trig-w4n]

Wet sponges probably heavier and dancer than block of gold or block of netherite

[@BucketKirbo]

Only about 200 blocks needed, but so many countries will keep them to themselves anyways, so a lot more is required lmao

[@bytesizelab]

Ha ha 😅 at least in Minecraft, this fuel source is pretty uniformly distributed!

[@tommytucker7745]

*calls mumbo an expert* *Me* pffft! HA HA HA!😂

[@bytesizelab]

More so than me 😅 I do enjoy watching his redstone contraption videos at least!

[@legendcrestodybg6652]

Nice channel lets see it grow

[@bytesizelab]

Thank you!!

[@CrazyGamer69real]

great thumbnail

[@bytesizelab]

Thank you!!

[@SupersuMC]

...multiply that energy density by 36, because the same can be done with a redstone torch which uses 1/9 as much redstone in crafting and netherite blocks use 4x more gold, though I have it on good authority that ancient debris is most likely platinum, so it may be even more: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWObqomDoclpnJosi=tStNf8d2HxQ5CMof

[@bytesizelab]

Good point on the density! I was going for the minimum, but you're right that a torch (or a lever/button) could do the same. I also wanted to get as close to real-world weights as possible , so I used the heaviest real block. I'll look into the platinum idea though!

[@Jebus_Anticrust]

Now take that data, and apply it to how much raw power all combined and harvested redstone from an entire Minecraft world, Talking it from ore, loot, trading, structures, and hell even witch farms, how much power would it produce all at once?

[@bytesizelab]

Theoretically, infinite since you could continue trading practically forever!

[@Jebus_Anticrust]

@@bytesizelab Fair, but what if you factor in resource management? They have to get it from somewhere, and I doubt where they get it is infinite. It only seems that way because we're literally the only buyer in that world...

[@AlexandHuman]

You should check out Schmedley the Sign Nezha's videos where they explain the true heaviest block in Minecraft.

[@bytesizelab]

I'll have to look into it!

[@AlexandHuman]

@@bytesizelab It is truly outstanding!

[@panda-to8tm]

or you can just trade infinite redstone with a cleric

[@bytesizelab]

True!!

[@That_one_kid_999]

Netherite is at least 4 times heavier than gold, and in bedrock, a piston can push 12 chests full of shulker a Full of netherite blocks

[@agsilverradio2225]

Not all of that power is comming from the redstone block. Some of it is coming from the redstone lines, and the redstone inside the piston's crafting recipie.

[@bytesizelab]

The redstone lines just carry the signal from the source. But there could be some power internal to the pistons?

[@SolunaStarlight]

What's that music in the intro? I recognize it but I can't place from where

[@bytesizelab]

It's Akkala Tech Lab from BotW. Let's just say I'm a fan of Zelda games.

[@SolunaStarlight]

@bytesizelab Oh! I played BotW ages ago and now that you mention it I can place it haha, also the video was great btw

[@bytesizelab]

@SolunaStarlight thank you!!

[@nathanraby7659]

A netherite block should be at MINIMUM 4 times heavier than a gold block because every netherite ingot uses 4 gold ingots plus ancient debri, which we don't know the exact weight of so probably should just ignore Also, I'm not sure how realistic we're being, but blue ice is made of 81 ice blocks, which are each just frozen water blocks that would weigh 1000kg so a blue ice should technically weigh 81000kg but obviously that isn't realistic There are also sponges that can absorb more than 81 blocks of water and thus should technically weigh more Beacons also exist which are made of 3 obsidian and 5 glass who's weight we can pretty much ignore in comparison to the nether star which if you believe is actualy made of sttar matter would weigh an enourmous amount but I'll stop here before this comment turns into why Steve could lift a planet

[@bytesizelab]

🤣 Yeah, some blocks, if we took them literally, would be extremely insane! Don't forget that chests are movable in bedrock edition too!

[@Attaxalotl]

when steve jumps, he doesn't push himself up. He pushes the planet down.

[@bytesizelab]

🤣

[@thebestoneout9925]

w video for real

[@bytesizelab]

Thank you!!

[@thebestoneout9925]

@bytesizelab no problem dude love these kinds of videos

[@hurkledurkle166]

a redstone block can make inf power with repeaters

[@bytesizelab]

Absolutely!

[@juan.L.S7412]

Actually, blue ice is the new champion of heaviest block, go find the video.

[@bytesizelab]

Blue ice actually exists in real life! It's pretty cool how it's made in nature (pardon the pun), and it's actually less dense than water! But if we're going off Minecraft physics, then reality breaks down at shulker boxes 😅

[@ghostclone8293]

Bro I didn't even notice d sub count💀, I like the effort but you forget 2 buckets of water is equal to infinite water in Minecraft and 1 ice block produces 1 water source so if we turn ice into packed ice then to blue ice we get layers and layers of infinite weight BREAKING The laws of physics and allowing the piston to push LAYERS UPON LAYERS UPON LAYERS OF INFINITE! weight so in the end INFINITE POWER

[@bytesizelab]

Don't forget about repeaters! A single block (or even a torch, lever, or button) can power an unlimited area! I was just wanting to look at some realistic numbers, and since ice and blue ice are real things that are less dense than water (otherwise they wouldn't float), I decided to stick with gold.

[@ghostclone8293]

@bytesizelab yh ik I saw ur other videos and comments too, but water is in real life too 🌚

[@bytesizelab]

Still appreciate the comment!

[@edgarhilbert4797]

4:09 Gold or anything being move downwards does not count, as gravity does the job.

[@bytesizelab]

Gold blocks are not affected by gravity in Minecraft.

[@edgarhilbert4797]

@@bytesizelab Let's see. Then what makes us suppose that the weight of the gold blocks matters as a prerequisite for the gold to block, in the other case the piston has to accelerate and de-accelerate the gold making even more energy. In my mind the energy to press a gold block downwards should be less as it only should break the minecraft anti-gravity resistance field.

[@bytesizelab]

Well, blocks being able to disobey gravity is another point entirely 😅

[@fomalhaut_the_great]

one day you'll be huge! and i'll say "ive been here since 234 subs!" and point to this comment

[@bytesizelab]

Thank you so much!! Maybe someday, but I'm just happy that people like you are enjoying it now!

[@summer_dude7777]

=]

[@PabloQuartz]

redstone is real

[@bytesizelab]

It's just yellow and radioactive instead! 😅