First (Attention Puzzle) of Many
Tags: blockchain
Published: 2021-03-15 09:45:23

[this post will be added to over the next few days]

This YouTube playlist will contain all relevant videos: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBTqLmpjUUtAyxc0cnoHxyG-pkf_JHIy3

The following text will likely not make much sense to anyone without further context. I am creating an accompanying YouTube playlist that adds some of that required context. The rest will come later in the writing. 

The goal is to create a new kind of NFT. One that WHOOPS ALMOST STARTED WRITING OFF CAMERA. my apologies. Back to writing now thag we’ve started again. GitHub and DevTo accounts have just been created. 

Any way, the goal is to create an NFT thag is only earn able by a human sitting in a chair (or standing) or flying or running or laying down. I guess it doesn’t much matter your body’s position but more so your mind. Do you ha r the patience to wade through some of the drivel thag leaves these fingertips? I’d you do you’ve just come across another clue. How many times does the typo thag show on my screen right now? Clue 7 answer 4

This begs the question though: how the hell do we turn your attention into an NFT? ~~Well I’ve been thinking about this I~~ I hate it when people say that so I’m going to avoid saying it either. I also hate when people interrupt themselves for the briefest moment to say ¿right? And then keep talking as if they care if their audience understands or cares what they’re talking about. I guess the audience wouldn’t be there if they didn’t care about what the person was saying but let’s not get too distracted. 

I’m thinking initially we do this: there’s an NFT that represents something like a flag in capture the flag. One per set of puzzles. One puzzle has one YouTube playlist. This YouTube playlist is https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBTqLmpjUUtAyxc0cnoHxyG-pkf_JHIy3 <~~~~ there. Hint 8 how many YouTube videos are in the playlist when I typed out this question? 

I set up a simple interface where you can purchase the NFT. I optionally set an initial price for the thing. You cannot purchase the NFT until you answer at least one of the questions. Each question will have one hint either in video or text. It’s all
Common sense rules you could derive from using some common sense if you have any handy. It seems most don’t these days. 

Here’s the interesting bit. Anyone can steal the NFT from you at any time let’s expooore this idea to see if we can make it work within the context of the game. Let’s say I read this and figure out the first clue and I go buy the NFT. I don’t want to lose my money. I also think it’s cool that I’m the first person to own this thing. If someone steals it from me without paying me for it, I have absolutely no incentive to pay very much. I’m turning off the otter recording as I might just fall back asleep. Hint 9 will be how long was I recording before the first word was spoken?

I’ll need to end this screen recording as I fee it’s getting a little long. I also have to explore this idea of stealing the flag. Oh! Maybe while you hold the flag, coins are minted to your address for the game itself? There’s anNFT Hackathon coming up and it would be hilarious if I could write this thing for it. An annoying thing I could do that might be interesting would be to not show the status of each puzzle. Then, when user submits a guess and performs a transaction, they have to provide a few cents. No no they don’t need to provide any money. The NFT holder for the round will earn tokens whenever transactions go into the smart contract to submit guesses for clues that have already successfully been guessed, encouraging nuance in looking for the clues. 

Once all clues have been discovered what happens? Going to end this video text someone amd then record one more for the morning although I never can estimate what I’m going to do next.

# Mar 15, 2021 at 4:26 AM
What would it take to create this series of things after the fact?

How many edits?

How much attention would I have to pay to these discrete snippets in order to produce the ultimate clip that would not have any logical inconsistencies within it? (Not grammatical inconsistencies as there will clearly be some because I am very stupid)

Going to open Otter now. 

Let’s think about it. 

THIS could be the basis of an interesting NFT. let’s see how. 

Oops o have to end this video because I opened by photo gallery on recording and it contained personally identifying information. Nobody cares who I am and I’d prefer to just appear as if I’m a figment of the informational worlds imagination so I’ve got to trim that part out. This hint will exist in text in the writing associated, but not the video. This is the second hint. What was the first?

So, I’ve even managed to confuse myself. I’d have to look back at my list of hints (which have been shown in video by now) (and which have been uploaded to YouTube https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBTqLmpjUUtAyxc0cnoHxyG-pkf_JHIy3) and that would make for a pretty complicated edit. I also still need to
Figure out where to upload the text in its entirety to. GitHub maybe? Seems overkill. .... dev to? Dev to sounds about right. No advertising bs, very simple interface. Programátic api to use. That sounds good. I’ll use Dev to. Will need to create an account. Can’t do that on the phone though as I’d have to reveal more info. Going to FINALLY start an otter recording so I can maintain the context of this recording. After all-remember thag we’re trying to make a series of events thag are (not impossible but) very difficult for a computer of any magnitude of power to
Mimic. This is a strictly human game. Perhaps that’s what we’ll call it. So, how do we verify that I’m starting an Otter recording right now. Before I get there, I always chuckle when I think about how I use otter and bear for recording my thoughts. What am I some kind of forest creature?

Otter recording started. I think context has been maintaimed. My otter Home Screen was shown but I don’t think I had anything identifying there. Boy do I like to blab though!

I think I might end this screen recording with another final clue. I also have to think of ways to say clue without saying clue. Or maybe I just won’t say clue at all except in “First”. I want this to be as abstract as possible. I guess I could ask something as silly as this: “What time was it in....San Francisco California when I typed the name of the city of whose time I was asking? That question is worded poorly so I’m going to ask it a slightly different way for clarity: I asked the time for a man I don’t even know how to rephrase this. There’s no WAY GPT3 or 4 or 5 could figure this out. Here we go let’s try again. I typed out a city in the video I’m recording and which will be uploaded to the linked YouTube playlist entitled “First”. What time was it in the city I typed out when I typed out the city’s name? Clue 4

Another question in the same vane: what time was it in the time displayed on my device when otter asked if I still want to record my note? Clue 5