Topic: Advertise Bitcoin on every single banknote ( and make a new game ? ) - page 6. (Read 17361 times)

I just had an efartphany! What if we simply used http://etchablock.com for this idea?

Since etchablock adds an extra 1 at the beginning of the newly created address, I took a single out of my wallet and recorded this serial number K28849219E as USDK28849219E, thus generating the new address 11Usdk28849219eXXXXXXXXXXXXV3GioW. I especially like the G and W at the end of the address. It's as if the internet knows me. How quaint!

But what if somehow etchablock did this on purpose for all denominations, e.g., AxxL for a fin, AxxH for a sawbuck, BxxF for a C-Note, etc.? Now we have a game. A finder of one of those is shown how to participate. Once he receives his first bitcoins, he can add his own special note on the bill, like this:

11Usdk28849219eReceived1nXXafxRDQ
11GoobertownArkansasonMarchXHoMBw
1142o12AtTheGroceryStoreXXXUMAUoU

The only drawback is that you'll have to pay to play, but that's the price one has to pay to have nice things.

~Bruno~ (not Bruno Baère)

@HostFat, Kookiemonster

It's a bad idea especially with strangers. You wouldn't know how quick situations like that may escalate. Also, people hate zealots when they see them. You'd be no different from Jehova's Witnesses.

I find the subtle approach much more effective which is why I'd prefer using Satoshi's name. That way people may become curious as to who "this mysterious person Satoshi Nakamoto" may be and eventually learn about Bitcoin.

Writing "Bitcoin" on a Dollar note is also... a little absurd.

Never underestimate the people.

I would totally play this game, especially if one gets a few mBTC for it.

Bonus points if this data can be automatically forwarded to one of the existing projects too.

@Koekiemonster
I agree

@goodlord666
It's true that it's better to NOT give these marked banknotes to friends that know about your interest on Bitcoin

I think it should be very clear this is about bitcoin. So at least put the word bitcoin in it. It's the perfect advertisement if every bitcoin enthousiast starts doing this.

Writing Satoshi Nakamoto on them would be nice for us geeks, but that's it.

Just writing "Satoshi Nakamoto" on lots of bank notes sounds like a great idea!

Just make sure to never let people in on the fact that you have anything to do with the marking of the banknote. That'll backfire 100%.

@John Kirk
This is better!

The best is avoiding stamping/printing on bills, because it takes too much time ... it has to be easy and done always and only by hands.
It's faster, it can be done everywhere and by everyone.

Rember also that this service/game must to be compatible with every banknotes on the planet and not only dollars

This is an very cool idea!  Here are some rules for a potential game along these lines.

Rules for a BitCoin "BlockChain Letter" Game

Create a website and work it like "Feed-Ze-Birds".  People that are interested in promoting bitcoin can donate BTC to the website to "prime the pump".

1) Player obtains a dollar bill with a "Bitcoin Blockchain Letter" website address on it.

2) He goes to the website to see what it is all about.  If he is interested in playing, he logs in and specifies the serial # of the dollar bill that he encountered.

3) Player writes web site address on any number of dollar bills and notes the serial numbers of each.

4) Players then registers the serial numbers of the dollar bills he tagged, and provides a password for each. (The password can be the same for all of the bills he registers,but it doesn't have to be). The site remembers both the passwords and the serial numbers. Each dollar bill can be registered only once.

5) The combination of password + serial number is used to generate a public/private key bitcoin address, which the website provides to the player. So, only the site itself and the initial registree have the information necessary to obtain any bitcoins associated with that address.

6) Once per month, all BTC are collected from all registered addresses.  (This is to keep the bitcoins from being permanenly lost for no good reason).  These collected bitcoins, along with any new donations, are spread out evenly across all registered bills.

7) When a players finally "gets the point" of bitcoin, they are encouraged to donate 1 BTC to each of 10 bills further up the chain of registered bills.  This will indirectly "prime the pump" if they are not collected by the end of the month by the person that initially registered them.

Using the bills serial number is a _really_ good idea since it's unique. We'll need to make a simple website that hashes the serial number to a private key, and then spends the Bitcoins on the bill to a public address of choice.

How about..
-Make a stamp to stamp QR codes and/or urls on bills.
-Create priv keys from the bill's serial number (by sha256 etc)
-Transfer smallish amounts do dozens, hundreds of such stamped bills
-Website where the QR/url points to lets you directly enter the bill's serial number and the state you live in, lets you redeem the bitcoins and explains what this is all about

-Extra points for making this big and viral!

Ente

QR Code would be awesome!  This is like an IRL bitcoin faucet.  All one would have to do is be directed to go to a special site (i like wheres satoshi!) and be presented with simple instructions on downloading a light client or mobile app like bitspinner. 

I think that you have missed the idea of the game

WTF. Don't you guys get it? We already have our own "Where's George" game...

It's called BLOCKCHAIN!

But this change everything about the idea.
The all game must be free and easy to do.

Ordering stamps, paying for it, putting on the banknote ... it doesn't work on this way :\

Pretty cool

If a game is not made, someone could simply make a quick website that sells stamps (like for ink pads). The stamp will say something like "Bitcoin is Happening" and it'd be small so it'd fit in the margin border of the bill. Anyone interested in promoting this viral phenomenon can order a stamp and join the legion.

BitcoinIsHappening.com is available...

This is getting even better. We can use http://www.trackdollarbills.com site to develop this project.


This is frickin' nuts! They already have a forum set up and nobody has ever used it--since 2009: http://www.trackdollarbills.com/forum/

From what I can ascertain from reading the FAQ on Where's George's site, I'm willing to bet he'll sell his API for only a token amount, otherwise I don't see it as too big of a project to build from scratch. But then again, I'm not a programmer.

Another example: http://www.trackdollarbills.com

Anyway, we need to find some rules so that people/players will be able to have a score.
Rules have to push players to write bitcoin messages on every single banknotes that they will have.
This will increase their possibilities to get points.
The good thing is that everyone will be able to play, even if they don't know anything about bitcoin or they simply don't care

Is there a developer that wants to create this project/game?
( it should be compatible with every single banknote on the planet ... )

Yeh! But just like Where's George, we'll need a marketable name. Give me a few days, and I'm sure I'll come up with one.

~Bruno~ (not Bruno's Gastrotruck)

Fake edit: Got it! Where's Satoshi? or, better yet --> Who's Satoshi?

@chrisrico
I don't know if there a good way to make easy to get bitcoin from this kind of game.
People will be able to get X bitcoin if they take Y points on the game, but there must be something to avoid cheaters.

Anyway, printing a private key on a banknote isn't easy, I mean that it take too much.
The game must be something really easy, that even a child can do.

Writing "bitcoin.org" on a banknote is something that everyone can do, even while he/she waiting for a bus ( example )
( even if taking the number of banknote need a bit more, there must be a mobile version of the website/service )