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Re:Show HN: Create Your Own Million Dollar Homepage on Ether... by takeshi_w on Thursday January 31, 2019 @08:29AM (#19044529)
Author here. This is a personal advertising platform. Whenever I write a post on the web, I put a link to this page. This way my advertisers get traffic, and I receive funding for my future projects (and charity).

I would like anybody to be able to do the same. Or maybe invent other use cases. Here is the source code: https://github.com/porobov/million-ether-homepage-2-contract.... It is well documented and can be used for education (smart contract upgradeability, oracles, ERC-721 token, web3).

The project is called The Million Ether Homepage. It is like the well-known Million Dollar Homepage but with some blockchain-powered cool features: - buy pixels and own them for life (or for as long as Ethereum is available) - sell or rent pixels out with no commission - put ads to the pixels you own and replace it anytime - trade pixels through 3rd party decentralized exchanges (ERC721 token standard implemented). - the price for a 10x10 pixels block starts with $1 and doubles every 10% sold.

The first version was launched back in 2016. It collected $11k for charity. This version also sends 80% of income to charity.

It is at Minimal Viable Product stage and a bit clumsy. You'll need Metamask extension for your browser and some ether.

Would love to hear your thoughts.

Re:Show HN: Create Your Own Million Dollar Homepage on Ether... by zunzun on Thursday January 31, 2019 @09:37AM (#19044949)
Your 20 percent tax on charity collections seems steep, was this made clear to the people who made donations?
Re:Show HN: Create Your Own Million Dollar Homepage on Ether... by takeshi_w on Thursday January 31, 2019 @10:18AM (#19045288)
Yes, the price is $1 for 10x10 pixels block. It is very clear for users. They need to query the price in ETH. They pay only $1. It is me who gets only 20 cents out of it.
Re:Show HN: Create Your Own Million Dollar Homepage on Ether... by zunzun on Thursday January 31, 2019 @12:39PM (#19046721)
My question was whether it was made clear that you took 20 percent of the donations.
Re:Show HN: Create Your Own Million Dollar Homepage on Ether... by takeshi_w on Thursday January 31, 2019 @01:41PM (#19047454)
I never asked for donations. I sell pixels and then forward part of my income to charity. I think I described it quite clearly. Is there a place in the docs or at the page which you think may be understood in a wrong way?
Re:Show HN: Create Your Own Million Dollar Homepage on Ether... by zunzun on Thursday January 31, 2019 @07:05PM (#19050354)
Thank you kindly for the excellent reply, it is certainly sufficient for my understanding.
Re:Show HN: Create Your Own Million Dollar Homepage on Ether... by takeshi_w on Friday February 01, 2019 @05:10AM (#19052988)
Thank you for your interest!