How can monkeys adopt bitcoin? The 7-step roadmap

[Brandsen]

How can monkeys adopt bitcoin? The 7-step roadmap


 1. Find a zoo where the monkeys have a good life despite the fact that they are held in captivity. If we do this right, my hope is that we can further improve the living conditions of this monkeys...

2. Set up a web camera and a related web page.

3. Put a smartphone into a plexiglass enclosure so that it can take some really harsh treatment.

4. Develop a bitcoin wallet that displays bananas on the screen every time the wallet receives X amount of bitcoin.

5. Develop a vendor machine with a NFC surface. When a monkey puts the smartphone onto the NFC surface the app will automatically pay for one banana with a bitcoin transaction.
The machine will now dispense a banana to the monkey.
If the monkeys end up eating an unhealthy amount of bananas, then the price per banana goes up.
To make it more interesting the vendor machine can have a variety of products that the monkeys can choose from. Price may also vary between products.

6. We have now created a genuine monkey business.
Anyone on the internet can participate in the monkey business by donating some bitcoin.

7. The zookeepers are effectively selling bananas to the monkeys and this is where it becomes really interesting…
What if those bananas are sold with a significant profit..?
The profit can be used to enlarge the fenced area where the monkeys are living, or it can be used to build some new facility within the area.
In some way this money should be used to improve the living conditions of the monkeys.


Thank you for reading my post!   

Any feedback is appreciated!


(Info: I have posted an earlier version on Reddit)

[eternalgloom]

I remember someone doing something similar with a fish, but over the internet.
You could donate Bitcoin to an address and that would trigger an automated feeder to put some food in the aquarium, and you could see it on a livestream.
The donations were used to get a bigger tank.

The website is still up, but seems like they've took down the livestream.

https://btcfish.wordpress.com/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3wub21/come_feed_the_fish_project_btcfish_started/

[zimmah]

Let's first make sure we get humans to adopt it before we roll it out to monkeys.

I also think monkeys would have a hard time understand that some items are 'cheaper' because they don't pay with physical goods and I don't think most monkeys understand numbers. So you would need a way to make it clear to monkeys that some items costs 'more'. This is going to be the biggest challenge in the project probably.

[crairezx20]

Let's first make sure we get humans to adopt it before we roll it out to monkeys.

I also think monkeys would have a hard time understand that some items are 'cheaper' because they don't pay with physical goods and I don't think most monkeys understand numbers. So you would need a way to make it clear to monkeys that some items costs 'more'. This is going to be the biggest challenge in the project probably.

I couldn't imagine that also monkeys can adopt bitcoin.. real human still not adopted bitcoin we are slow movement and then now we are looking for monkeys to adopt bitcoin. i think better human adopt bitcoin first before we can start teach monkeys to adopt bitcoin..

[mk4]

I remember someone doing something similar with a fish, but over the internet.
You could donate Bitcoin to an address and that would trigger an automated feeder to put some food in the aquarium, and you could see it on a livestream.
The donations were used to get a bigger tank.

The website is still up, but seems like they've took down the livestream.

https://btcfish.wordpress.com/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3wub21/come_feed_the_fish_project_btcfish_started/

Thats so cool. hahaha.

Looked up the wallet on blockchain..

Total Received: 0.05937098 BTC

I wish I was that creative..

[dc1a0]

Oh, this is a real thing? While reading it at first, I thought you were describing the socio-political status of most of the human race and the use of faucets specifically with xapo or faucetbox. If you think about it, there are some parallels, especially at the beginning....lol

[dollarneed]

cool, but it would be better if we could make someting like this for the blind people or for those with special needs, so they can adopted bitcoin like us, i think lets make human first adopted bitcoin before make animal adopt it, i never seen blind people transaction with the bitcoin before, anyway your idea is cool, however i couldn't imagine if someday monkey could adopt bitcoin.

[Gleb Gamow]

Let's first make sure we get humans to adopt it before we roll it out to monkeys.

I also think monkeys would have a hard time understand that some items are 'cheaper' because they don't pay with physical goods and I don't think most monkeys understand numbers. So you would need a way to make it clear to monkeys that some items costs 'more'. This is going to be the biggest challenge in the project probably.

"One frog was too small. Another was too large. This one, whom I named Cowbell, is just right. I need more Cowbell!"

Those bananas are too cheap because they are rotten. Those bananas are priced higher because they are still green - not quite ripe. Those bananas are at a premium price because they are ripe. Those bananas are priced even higher due to being perfectly ripe and are shaped slightly differently than other Cavendishes, with my previous enjoyable experiences with them confirming that the much higher valuation is warranted.

Now that my belly's full and my dick's been satisfied, hunt me a chimp-proof laptop so that I can get started on the next novel stuck in my head - Three Chimps in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Frog): A Chimp Thriller.

[marleybobthedog]

What a crazy thinking. I am amused with the technology you had mentioned. First of all i thought that this is a joke and 100% it's not possible but after reading your posts i am feeling that everything is possible since technology is invented by man and everything is possible.

[Senor.Bla]

Oh, this is a real thing? While reading it at first, I thought you were describing the socio-political status of most of the human race and the use of faucets specifically with xapo or faucetbox. If you think about it, there are some parallels, especially at the beginning....lol

same over here. my second thought was that monkey will probably figure it out faster then some humans. yes, we need to make it easier to use, but some have these high demands of usability and no will to actually learn anything, not like some monkeys. 

[croutonhexagon]

Awesome thinking wish that it could be turned into reality. Our next generation monkeys will be really smart enough if this technology could be implemented successfully. My all best wishes are with you. But still i can't make out the idea of how this technology will work. Can you explain little more please.

[bitbunnny]

Ha, ha, great idea and instructions!  I'm sure that in some cases monkeys would adopt Bitcoin much faster and easier then humans. Some people are stil very reluctant to use Bitcoins. And some studies have shown that monkeys have the brain who can process some techical data better then we think.

[dc1a0]

Oh, this is a real thing? While reading it at first, I thought you were describing the socio-political status of most of the human race and the use of faucets specifically with xapo or faucetbox. If you think about it, there are some parallels, especially at the beginning....lol

same over here. my second thought was that monkey will probably figure it out faster then some humans. yes, we need to make it easier to use, but some have these high demands of usability and no will to actually learn anything, not like some monkeys. 

Glad it's not only me that saw it this way. Number one just seemed to put me in that frame of mind. Maybe it's just my mood seeing as lately lyrics from John Lennon's "Working Class Hero" has been popping into my mind a lot given all that seems to be going on according to the news we're given and the news other people claim we're not given.

Then, the banana machine seems to closely parallel how faucets work. However, a direct comparison would make the monkeys smarter as a banana costs, and is therefore worth more than the amount one could claim from a faucet.

[bitdumper]

nice steps why don't you make a blog with this i am sure you can be a good article writter and you have good writing skills. try to know more and happy earning on this form mate

[Dora Doll]

Awesome thinking wish that it could be turned into reality. Our next generation monkeys will be really smart enough if this technology could be implemented successfully. My all best wishes are with you. But still i can't make out the idea of how this technology will work. Can you explain little more please.

yes there is big confusion in this idea, i think it is really difficult to work, that is not such an easy job to be done i think this idea is going to be fail.

[Brandsen]

Thanks to everyone for giving feedback!

Did someone say that monkeys can not understand numbers?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyJomdyjyvM

[Brandsen]

Bye the way…
Scientists have found that monkeys can easily learn how to use money.
They can even develop a simple understanding of economics.

Someone on Reddit sent me this podcast on that subject:

https://youarenotsosmart.com/2015/01/08/yanss-040-monkeys-money-and-the-primate-origins-of-human-irrationality-with-laurie-santos/

[8o8aFett]

Is this an actual thing that exists?

[zimmah]

Oh, this is a real thing? While reading it at first, I thought you were describing the socio-political status of most of the human race and the use of faucets specifically with xapo or faucetbox. If you think about it, there are some parallels, especially at the beginning....lol

same over here. my second thought was that monkey will probably figure it out faster then some humans. yes, we need to make it easier to use, but some have these high demands of usability and no will to actually learn anything, not like some monkeys.  

The funniest thing is some people complain abot bitcoin being too difficult, without actually sayng what exactly is difficult about bitcoin.    

Is it the acquiring of bitcoin that's difficult?  
The concept (People don't understand the concept of fiat either and that doesn't seem to bother them).  
Is it spending?
Checking balance?
Safety?

I don't know.    
I don't bitcoin is hard to use, and I don't know how to make it 'more easy'    
Sure, I'd be happy if someone would improve it so that even monkeys and morons can use it, but I wouldn't know how to make it 'easier'.    

Thanks to everyone for giving feedback!

Did someone say that monkeys can not understand numbers?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyJomdyjyvM

I didn't mean they don't understand numbers (as in not being able to count)

I meant like exchange rate. Which they could also understand, but I mean more like adding and subtracting. And account balance.

If you hand a monkey 10 rocks, and give 2 bananas for a rock, or 20 grapes for the same rock, a monkey would figure it out soon enough. They might even figure out that they could trade a banana for 10 grapes as well if they are smart.    

I don't know if any monkey would be smart enough to understand the concept of digital cash though. Yeah they could pay with bitcoin, but do they realize how much they are paying? Could they work out the exchange rates if they are paying with digital money? I honestly don't know, but I doubt it.  

I imagine i'd be a lot more difficult for them to grasp the concept of it.

[Senor.Bla]

Oh, this is a real thing? While reading it at first, I thought you were describing the socio-political status of most of the human race and the use of faucets specifically with xapo or faucetbox. If you think about it, there are some parallels, especially at the beginning....lol

same over here. my second thought was that monkey will probably figure it out faster then some humans. yes, we need to make it easier to use, but some have these high demands of usability and no will to actually learn anything, not like some monkeys.  

The funniest thing is some people complain abot bitcoin being too difficult, without actually sayng what exactly is difficult about bitcoin.    

Is it the acquiring of bitcoin that's difficult?  
The concept (People don't understand the concept of fiat either and that doesn't seem to bother them).  
Is it spending?
Checking balance?
Safety?

I don't know.    
I don't bitcoin is hard to use, and I don't know how to make it 'more easy'    
Sure, I'd be happy if someone would improve it so that even monkeys and morons can use it, but I wouldn't know how to make it 'easier'.    

buying is surly one aspect. they probably expect something like atms and maybe something like prepaid cars you can buy and load up everywhere.
easy to use app. just load it and you have a new wallet and can send/receive instantly. you know, never mind the safety. i just want to use my fingerprint for all, and blame others if something goes wrong.