OK gang, this is a fresh rough idea, let me know what you think...
I've continued to do some thinking about how I may be able to get my close friends & family involved and interested in BitShares. In my opinion, 'paper wallets', of sorts, work well for facilitating newcomers into the crypto ecosystem. So I've come up with an idea that I need a little help fleshing out and validating (particularly on some of the technical details).
I'd like to create a "paper-wallet-scavenger-hunt". My hypothesis is that this will not just show them how to get into the crypto ecosystem, but encourage them to explore and learn for themselves; and perhaps this can be a fun way, to do just that. The quote that inspired me to think through this lens is:
“A mediocre person tells. A good person explains. A superior person demonstrates. A great person
inspires others to see for themselves.” -Harvey Mackay
This is how I would propose it be set up:1. Create a little paper card-like-thing, or send a picture, such as this (
BIG thanks and recognition to Cass on the image):
2. The person would have to figure out how to download the wallet themselves. (a bit of googling does a mind good
)
3. The person would have to figure out they need to reach out and ask for help if they're going to be able to acquire the necessary "key" (small amount of BTSX) to send to the address included on the card.
4. They would send the specific amount to the specific address and the person who owns that address (i.e. the person who gave them the 'paper wallet') would send them some pre-determined amount; say 10-100 BTSX (or whatever amount you'd like).
How I envision this working on the back end (and this is where I need validation on the technical side) is that I would create an
unregistered address for each person I give a card to and use their name (if a first name is taken, does it matter if the address is unregistered?). I'd plan to fund each account I create with around 100-1000-ish BTSX. That BTSX address will be the one to insert where it currently says "insert BTSX address" I know it's been mentioned before, but will this create latency issues in the client? Once I see the specific amount of funds show up in the account (which I'll probably make different for each person I give one to), I'll send the balance of that account to that person. It's tedious and a lot of hand work, I know, but I'm just trying to get the ball rolling here in order to reach the masses. I see this as a way to get people who are mildly interested, much more interested by creating a fun and mildly challenging exercise in the form of a scavenger hunt to incentivize them to get into it and learn about it before the rest of the world.
Think of this as a rough draft/MVP (minimum viable product). Thoughts?? Am I on the right track here? Tear into it.