> On Feb 19, 2018, at 6:54 PM, g2s <[email protected]> wrote: > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Valentin Pasquale <[email protected]> > Date: 2/19/18 10:49 AM (GMT-08:00) > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: A new form of mailing list ? > > The Ethereum blockchain support smart contract, therefore to interact with > them you need to fill a "data form" in your transaction > Because you can fill in with the hexa you want (in any transaction), you can > "write", and upload anything you want. The site etherscan.io can display the > ASCII, for example here (it's written "Hi here") : > https://rinkeby.etherscan.io/tx/0x00bfab09b0c950967b252c10f50ea0c2d65af39e1289feb7057805f12a3753bd > > Not my code but here is a JavaScript client using the etherscan API : > https://pastebin.com/8GfHAQQm > > Howerer because it's expensive (the more data you upload the expensive it is) > I guess people would talk on one of the ethereum test net (on rinkeby you can > get a dozen of ether for free, enough to talk for a while) (ethereum or > another one it doesn't matter) > > I guess next generation of Internet puzzle (like CICADA3301) will be upload > on blockchains instead of twitter > > I found the concept "cool" therefore seeking for your feedback being not a > cypherpunk > > > On 19 Feb 2018, at 12:56, sergey <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Can you explain how it is working, please? > > > > > >> On 19.02.2018 09:48, Valentin Pasquale wrote: > >> A friend showed my that : > >> https://rinkeby.etherscan.io/address/0x402011f50057a2c4da098b063f698b4fbebfb88c > >> Which is someone trying to seek for people to talk with on the blockchain > >> > >> Anyone here tried that ? > >> Is it a better form of mailing list for you cypher punks against > >> censorship or whatever ?. > > > > I'm remembering when it was discovered that Internet Exlpoder engineers put > some padding text in their code that read: "netscape engineers are weenies", > and sniggering. > > Like that? But using blockchain code. >
I believe he’s talking about ethereum smart contracts. They’re kind of neat, there is a lot of how to stuff on the web... I don’t really see them replacing a mailing list though ;) > Rr
