[HN Gopher] BlockPaper - Centralized, paper-backed blockchain in...
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BlockPaper - Centralized, paper-backed blockchain in my home office
Author : mipmap04
Score : 53 points
Date : 2022-02-05 21:29 UTC (1 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.buyblockpaper.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.buyblockpaper.com)
| vitiral wrote:
| What about the collapse of civilization or the apocalypse? How
| much will block paper be worth if all law, order and economies
| break down?
| mipmap04 wrote:
| BlockPaper will likely cause the collapse of civilization as it
| will be the most sought after physical item in the world and
| will cause massive cross-continental conflict once the chain
| reaches critical mass. So, I mean, it's gonna be worth a lot.
| No other blockchain can, or will, make this claim. When the
| grid shuts down, BlockPaper keeps ticking.
| vitiral wrote:
| That's good to hear. I'll just pull all my investments from
| my goat farm and civboot.org and put it all in block paper
| then. Thanks for making everything so much easier!
| mipmap04 wrote:
| Now THIS is a smart investor. Good call.
| caaqil wrote:
| This is so good. Another one of those 'is this a hilarious joke
| or just another blockchain project pioneered by your next-door
| crypto bro' challenges! This was a close one, almost got me.
| mipmap04 wrote:
| I'm serious about taking your money.
| dmitryminkovsky wrote:
| Can I send you cash?
| mipmap04 wrote:
| Only if you exchange it for hoops of paper on a chain in my
| home office.
| DongQuixote wrote:
| pbobak wrote:
| Did Dunder Mifflin finally get into crypto space?
| mipmap04 wrote:
| Infinite paper in a paperless world.
| mipmap04 wrote:
| Thanks for your interest in BlockPaper. Imagine a world where all
| transactions can be tracked on a single, linear chain of paper
| links. Centrally managed in a corner in my home office, each link
| in this chain represents a step forward into our collective
| future - a future that you can use your money to own a small part
| of. Adding a new link to the chain is easy and affordable - based
| on how I'm feeling and your personal defintion of affordable. The
| starting price for a new link in the chain is $1.00 USD. This
| price is variable and based on a mathematical function.
| Essentially, the price is inversely correlated with how much I
| want to get off my chair and add a new link to the chain. Once
| the new link is added, I'll send you a picture of it via email.
|
| I wrote BlockPaper last night using ASP.NET Core, Azure (SQL,
| storage, webapps), Twilio, SendGrid, and Cloudflare.
|
| You can follow the project on Twitter at
| https://twitter.com/BuyBlockPaper
| p4bl0 wrote:
| Hi!
|
| Will you also post the pictures on the Twitter account or only
| send it by email?
|
| On the one hand I would like to be able to brag about my
| purchase and having it posted by your Twitter account would
| make it look more official (after all, I could take the picture
| myself on a fake BlockPaper at home if I was a scammer), on the
| other hand I fear that people will download and report the
| picture of the BlockPaper link I paid for to own it myself.
| I've seen them people, they tend to do that.
|
| Also, before I invest my money in this project, I would like to
| know: how many BlockPaper links have been sold already?
| boulos wrote:
| Looks like there's a /view endpoint. Current end of chain is
| #10: https://www.buyblockpaper.com/View/10 .
| mipmap04 wrote:
| Yes that's right. It's all viewable - it's the only
| physically observable blockchain (that I'm aware of). Also
| I'm not really sure what a blockchain is, but I'm confident
| this qualifies.
| boulos wrote:
| What plans do you have to present periodic snapshots of
| the full chain? I'm uncomfortable going all in until I
| can be sure that my links won't be edited out.
| mipmap04 wrote:
| I'm thinking about adding a live Twitch stream of the
| chain, but that sounds like a lot of work so I'll
| probably just upload periodic pictures of it in a pile on
| my floor to Twitter every few days and charge $5,000 if
| people want to come audit it physically.
| pettycashstash2 wrote:
| Elon Musk has one! He promises!
| https://buyblockpaper.com/View/13
| mipmap04 wrote:
| This made the twitter feed.
| p4bl0 wrote:
| I'm 14! Next to Elon!
| mipmap04 wrote:
| Thanks for your interest! We've hit double digits so I've
| started cold-calling A16Z and other investors. You'll get it
| by email, but we have Twitter and Facebook sharing links to
| allow you to easily brag about your financial prowess and
| gambling ability (see here:
| https://buyblockpaper.com/View/5). Of course, if you tag us
| on Twitter, I'll retweet anything and tell everyone how smart
| you are (see here:
| https://twitter.com/BuyBlockPaper/status/1490047224688132098)
| p4bl0 wrote:
| This is all I needed to hear. Thanks.
| p4bl0 wrote:
| You should add the meta tags for social networks on the
| viewer page. The summary_large_image version should be
| cool. You can test the feature here: https://cards-
| dev.twitter.com/validator :).
| mipmap04 wrote:
| Thanks for the advice, BlockPaper holder #14. I'm a back-
| end dev so this stuff is mostly arcane to me. I'll check
| it out!
| p4bl0 wrote:
| Another suggestion: add "previous link" and "next link"
| button to the link viewer :).
| function_seven wrote:
| I don't see it listed anywhere on your site, so I guess I'll ask
| here.
|
| How much to fork the chain near the beginning? Does the price
| depend on how many links I intend to strand on a side-fork?
|
| I would like my link to be #7 on the chain. You've already sold
| "double digits."
|
| What's it gonna cost me?
| mipmap04 wrote:
| I knew someday I'd be asked this question. Let's just say it's
| sizeable as my proof of paper consensus algorithm is tied to
| how hard I want to work and I'm very lazy. Managing two forks
| sounds tedious. Stay tuned though - I'll definitely be adding
| forks in the future.
| magicjosh wrote:
| Smart people taking time and effort to make fun of something is
| the ultimate compliment!
|
| This is the kind of satire that pushes me to go dig deeper into
| cryptocurrencies and figure out what's world changing and what's
| chaff. Been listening to the Zero Knowledge podcast recently to
| learn about ZK Proofs: https://zeroknowledge.fm/
| mipmap04 wrote:
| Bold of you to think I'm smart! Thanks for checking it out.
| magicjosh wrote:
| It's not a coincidence that 24 writers for the Simpsons went
| to Harvard! [0]
|
| [0] https://www.uselessdaily.com/movies/how-many-writers-of-
| the-...
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