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

by mipmap04 on 2/5/22, 9:29 PM with 35 comments

• by mipmap04 on 2/5/22, 9:30 PM

  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

• by caaqil on 2/5/22, 10:10 PM

  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.

• by pbobak on 2/5/22, 10:13 PM

  Did Dunder Mifflin finally get into crypto space?

• by function_seven on 2/5/22, 10:18 PM

  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?

• by magicjosh on 2/5/22, 10:24 PM

  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/

• by vitiral on 2/5/22, 10:07 PM

  What about the collapse of civilization or the apocalypse? How much will block paper be worth if all law, order and economies break down?

• by webrif on 2/8/22, 7:38 PM

  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?

• by raevilman on 2/6/22, 2:44 PM

  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....