BlockPaper – Centralized, paper-backed blockchain in my home office

BlockPaper – Centralized, paper-backed blockchain in my home office(buyblockpaper.com)

70 points by mipmap04 4 years ago | 35 comments

mipmap04 4 years ago |

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 4 years ago | |

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?

mipmap04 4 years ago | | |

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)

boulos 4 years ago | | |

Looks like there's a /view endpoint. Current end of chain is #10: https://www.buyblockpaper.com/View/10 .

caaqil 4 years ago |

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 4 years ago | |

I'm serious about taking your money.

dmitryminkovsky 4 years ago | | |

Can I send you cash?

pbobak 4 years ago |

Did Dunder Mifflin finally get into crypto space?

mipmap04 4 years ago | |

Infinite paper in a paperless world.

function_seven 4 years ago |

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 4 years ago | |

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 4 years ago |

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 4 years ago | |

Bold of you to think I'm smart! Thanks for checking it out.

magicjosh 4 years ago | | |

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vitiral 4 years ago |

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 4 years ago | |

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 4 years ago | | |

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!

webrif 4 years ago |

On transfership, how the new owner will know the secret? Also, where do you store secrets? And how transferring will look at the data storage?

raevilman 4 years ago |

I just bought a link in the chain with my seed printed on it. But after multiple refreshes I don't see the link in my OpenSea account.

and now support isn't answering....