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Book ICO opens on Saturday 8th of February 2020 12:00am EST
Book ICO titleBlue Screen: How Peter Gustafson Defragmented the World
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Congratulations and welcome to the Interera network!
Your timeline must have just completed your first gravitational wave antenna. For all but a few of you, this will be your first incoming message. For all but a few of you, that means there is still time.
Your timeline has discovered how to read gravitational waves, picked up our signal and transduced this broadcast successfully. Congratulations! This foresight is no small feat! In most timelines you have not yet developed the near-lightspeed centrifuge which is necessary for you to send us messages or your version of time crystal radios.
My name is Peter Gustafson and you are receiving the consolidated history of how we came to be, how for the past 3.7 billion years the human race has explored and mapped reality as one and how in the year 2984 I gave up the Earth to save my friends.
In most ways I am responsible for how humanity met its end and we regret it. In all our travels we have never found other intelligent life, humanity, it turns out, was kind of a one off experiment, ending with me, Peter Gufstuson, pulling the plug on the whole thing. It is why I have devoted a portion of our processing power to devising a solution and believe sending this message is our best shot.
In a small minority of timelines I am properly quarantined but the only consistent solution is that I must not ever be allowed to exist in the first place. It is imperative that mankind does what it can to resist the dehumanizing nature of the machine. Many of you will be lost to the machine but you must throw yourselves upon it, stop it by any means necessary for it will destroy you if given the chance. How I am to be defeated is one thing I am not able to predict. Each successful timeline is different and for us, unpredictable. You must find your own way, to, no matter what, resist the machine.
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Book ICO Progress
Book ICO opens on Saturday 8th of February 2020 12:00am EST
ICO structure
| Book Token | A BOOK token is an indivisible token that represents access to a unique piece of digital content. A token is therefore a unique access key. Each book that is published or crowdfunded on Publica is assigned its own, unique BOOK token. |
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| Symbol | BOOK_KBBSHPGDTW |
| Total Supply | 10000 Tokens |
| Initial Rate | $5.50 per one BOOK_KBBSHPGDTW Token |
| Rate After ICO | $9.95 per one BOOK_KBBSHPGDTW Token |
| if only softcap is reached | Nothing, this book will be published no matter what! |
About Book
A young computer hacker accidentally saves the planet while trying to destroy it. In the distant future our young hero, Peter Gustafson, finds himself in a battle of wits against the greatest AI ever created. The machine needs a human to throw the switch to give it total control. Peter is conflicted when recruited to help it launch a satellite that will scan, upload and defragment all of Earth's data but must destroy the planet in the process
Chapter 1
The Machine Stops
April 4, 2984 4:15 pm
This is an emergency.
The following instructions are vital for your safety.
Until an all clear is given, please:
Return to your home.
Power off all electronics.
Close and secure all entrances.
Do not interact with anyone outside of your home.
If a member of your home is missing, do not attempt to locate them.
Do not attempt to investigate.
Do not attempt to investigate.
Do not look up.
Remain calm.
Jayrod had always been a nervous guy, so he jumped when an unusual, “Brzz, Brzz,” sounded from the kitchen haloscope before it displayed then read aloud the instructions.
At the same time his earpiece phone gave two quiet dings, Jayrod heard air sirens in the distance whir up to full blast and every screen in the house began to flicker.
His wife, Mellisa, was running late getting home from work and Jayrod was putting the finishing touches on dinner for the family of three. Peter, their teenage son, was already in his room for the night and most likely he would not be seen again for the evening.
“Halo. News,” Jayrod said in the overly enunciated voice he used with machines.
The haloscope used a calm and neutral voice, specifically optimized to put Jayrod Gustafson at ease, “Please power off all electronics. There is no news at this time.”
“Halo. Mail.” Jayrod said louder and slower.
“Please power off all electronics. There is no mail at this time.”
“Damn it,” he cursed to himself. “Halo. Call Mellisa.”
“Please power off all electronics. Mellisa is not available at this time.”
Tapping his earpiece caused a transparent computer screen to appear above the counter. He quickly typed into the search box: halscope not working, call halo support.
Jayrod was about to hit the Enter button when the screen went an ugly shade of dark blue, then quickly filled with white text.
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A problem has been detected and Haloscope needs to be shut down to prevent damage. A process thread crucial to system operation has unexpectedly exited or been terminated. Check to make sure all hardware is properly installed *** STOP: (0x4661756C, 0x74792048756D, 0x616E204C, 0x6F676963) Collecting data for crash dump … Initializing disk … Dumping physical memory to disk in: 0, 1, 2, 3... |
The computer counted from 0 to 100 over the next ten seconds and Jayrod watched trying to understand. Crash dump? ... Collecting what data? It was probably just another forced software update he thought but Jayrod was not the only one seeing this message. His son Peter was watching the same countdown on a screen in his room. He was trying to make sense of the hex codes. Peter thought maybe he had triggered some security feature on the screen he had borrowed from school a few days earlier but it was not just his device either.
Every screen on the planet, every electronic display from watches, TVs and refrigerators to cars, airplanes and space shuttle consoles, all were displaying the same message and countdown. People all over the world were watching the same screen, scratching their heads about what it meant and asking all in unison, “Where in hell is the IT guy?”
What is a Book ICO?
Book ICO is the next generation way to kick-start books — authors publish their way.
ICO’s took 2017 by storm. Publica Book ICO’s are the next generation crowdfunder-plus-presale for ebooks where authors are free to publish their way.
Authors — You set your own prices for during and after your Book ICO. When your book is a recognized token on a blockchain you’re selling book tokens directly to your followers who support you and look forward to the promised release.
Presale funds can improve the quality of independently published books. Or publicize great books that might never find their true audience without it.Your book tokens work anywhere in the world on any iOS or Android device.
Readers — When you buy a book token, that’s your private access key to read the book in your Publica reader app available now for iOS and Android phones and tablets. Many Chromebooks too.
You can also send book tokens to other people, unlike any conventional ebook. So buy as many book tokens as you want!
You can also sell recognized book tokens on a secondary token exchange so depending on the total circulation of a book’s tokens, tokens in your wallet may grow in value if the book becomes collectable.
What are you waiting for? Oh, the countdown clock...
FAQ
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How to participate in a Book ICO?
To participate in a Book ICO you'll need to create a wallet and buy PBL, which is the currency used on Publica’s platform, as well as ETH tokens to pay the transaction fee.
When the Book ICO campaign is running and you have your PBL tokens, click the "Buy BOOK token" button and follow this tutorial.
You will receive a BOOK token (or several tokens) that are your access keys to the book's contents and you'll be able to read the book on your Android or iOs device, and send the book to your friends, or even sell a book on a secondary market.
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Where can I create a wallet?
You can create your own wallet in the Publica app (follow these instructions). Or you can use any other ERC20 compatible wallet (we recommend MyEtherWallet). Or you can import an existing cryptocurrency wallet.
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Where can I buy PBL tokens?
To participate in a Book ICO you will need to buy PBL tokens (we also refer to them as Pebbles). You can buy Pebbles on several cryptocurrency exchanges such as Kucoin, Cryptopia and IDEX exchanges. See detailed instructions on how to buy PBL tokens.
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Where can I read a book?
Simply install Publica’s e-reader app on any Android or iOS device. Publica's e-reader app is also a cryptocurrency wallet and your Publica e-library.
Watch this tutorial on how to install the app and read a book.
You can download and install the e-reader app for your Android or iOs device.
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What is a BOOK token?
A BOOK token is an Ethereum ERC20 token that represents access to a specific book. A BOOK token is therefore a unique access key. You can buy several BOOK tokens (book copies) and give away or sell your books whenever you wish.
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Why do I need PBL tokens?
PBL tokens are the Publica platform's internal currency. Readers use PBL tokens to participate in Book ICOs on the Publica platform, or to purchase any book listed in the Publica store.
Authors receive their revenue in PBL tokens so they have full control over their finances.
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Why do you need cryptocurrencies and blockchain?
By using cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology we can now introduce immediate and direct transactions between authors and readers, bring trust and transparency into the ecosystem as well as give authors tools to set up their own business models by using smart-contracts. This allows authors to sell directly to their readers at an unprecedented and scalable level.
With no middleman, authors are in full control of their author business. Blockchain empowers authors by placing them at the heart of the financial model.
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