Bulltardia, A bitcoin fable

[dimzayan]

Well for sure it is the first time I am seeing an author of a work being ok for people to profit from his work which for me isn't really a good idea. Since you have give the full version of your book they can also edit out your name and replace it with them to make it look like they are the ones who made it, so the appreciation you are hoping for won't really be credited to you but to them.

For a comic artist starting out you have the right way of making your work for free but if you continue this for the next episode/s and or series you will make I don't think you will be increasing your profit in that way. Yeah for sure you will be increasing your audience but when your paying customers see that you are just handing out your book for free I don't think that they'll be buying the physical comicbooks the next time you will release one. The only ones I can think of buying your comic books are the ones who are collectors hoping that your comic books will be valuable which I think won't be a lot especially that your comic book isn't really based on action or super heroes.

What I meant is that I doubt people would be able to take over my work without someone noticing. On another note, I really think that there are creative ways for an artist to earn money around the work once it gains traction. I could possibly franchise the brand, sell toys, swag... But i feel like the first step in any of this is to make Bulltardia known, so it feels right to make the story publicly available.

Also, I am making a *little* money on the treasure hunt periodically selling hints. That's most likely why a lot of my patreons subscribed to my channel.
In any case you are, right, so is Vod, ther eis an ned to increase awareness and visibility. Perhaps I should make an announcement about the hunt in a separate post.   

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[nykka]

Wow, you did a really nice work. First of all, design is really interesting. Your idea can be attractive for inexperienced newbies, who are not connected with crypto. Your work can interest them. I haven`t read all episodes yet, but I `m already excited

[menoiazei]

Hello Bitcoiners and free spirits,

After some sleepless days spent solely coding and not drawing, the new BULLTARDIA site is finally live, with the following updates:

• 1. Fresh look!
  Sorry my newbie status doesn't allow to post images, but you can go to https://www.bulltardia.com to have a look. You feedback and constructive criticism is welcomed with open arms.
  
  
• 2. Season One.
  All episodes are now hosted at https://www.bulltardia.com/season-one/ in a new and easy to navigate format. If you're into comics and Bitcoin and haven't read it, I highly recommend you check it out (well of course i made it ), plus it's totally FREE to read. If you already know it, well, I'm sure you'll enjoy this new presentation. The story is still available on Citadel21 and as well as future episodes.
  
  
• 3. Store is now open.
  No more manual orders You can head there and buy the print version there rather than waiting for me to take orders on Twitter. Book One is a signed and numbered limited edition of 210 copies, released in 10 sets of 21 copies. Set 1 and 2 are sold out, set 3 has just dropped at the store: https://www.bulltardia.com/product/bulltardia-season-one-book-one-set-3/
  
  
• 4. Bitcointalk.org Auctions
  The 21st copy of each set is sold at auction here on Bitcointalk.org. The first auction can be seen here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5279649.0, Next one out in the next few days.
  
  
• 5. Treasure Hunt
  The 12 seed words to a treasure of 10 Million satoshis (0.1BTC) have been hidden throughout the season. At the time of writing, the treasure chest has yet to be opened. More info about it and where to find hints: https://www.bulltardia.com/treasure-hunt/
  
  

I hope you'll enjoy the site and the comic, or at least appreciate the effort. Always looking for ways to improve so please feel free to hit me with feedback.

Cheers,
Dim

Awesome work and illustration!!!

[menoiazei]

I hope you'll enjoy the site and the comic, or at least appreciate the effort

No idea what is it, but you are very gifted in design. 

Toon story of bitcoin would be my guess through illustrated characters

[Lorence.xD]

Bulltardia is a comic series about Bitcoin. It follows the adventures of Bit the honey badger who is asked by his father (the old Satoshi) to bring a lunar fragment back to is birthplace... the Moon.

Basically a fable. I take real life events and people related to Bitcoin and turn them into animals in a fantasy world.
Wanted to make something entertaining for Bitcoiners and non Bitcoiners alike, hopefully raise enough curiosity in the latter so they're drawn to dig deeper.

Is this something like Cyanide & Happiness type of web comics because I really like those kinds of format, straight to the point. You have a really good purpose for this project, I will be a visitor you can guarantee that. Regarding the treasure, can you make it harder and also to make the hunt thrilling, make the reward bigger, maybe 1 BTC.

[BlackHatCoiner]

Regarding the treasure, can you make it harder

Believe me, it's already too hard.

[dimzayan]

Bulltardia is a comic series about Bitcoin. It follows the adventures of Bit the honey badger who is asked by his father (the old Satoshi) to bring a lunar fragment back to is birthplace... the Moon.

Basically a fable. I take real life events and people related to Bitcoin and turn them into animals in a fantasy world.
Wanted to make something entertaining for Bitcoiners and non Bitcoiners alike, hopefully raise enough curiosity in the latter so they're drawn to dig deeper.

Is this something like Cyanide & Happiness type of web comics because I really like those kinds of format, straight to the point. You have a really good purpose for this project, I will be a visitor you can guarantee that. Regarding the treasure, can you make it harder and also to make the hunt thrilling, make the reward bigger, maybe 1 BTC.

Thank you mate, I don't know this comic but I'm going to look for it.

Re hunt: Do you think i am printing BTC out of thin air? This is not FIAT 
If i had that kind of money, I would definitely make the prize bigger

[dimzayan]

Awesome work and illustration!!!

Cheers

[Lorence.xD]

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Thank you mate, I don't know this comic but I'm going to look for it.

Re hunt: Do you think i am printing BTC out of thin air? This is not FIAT 
If i had that kind of money, I would definitely make the prize bigger

The thrill of the hunt will be higher if you were to raise the stakes, just saying. I know that it will be difficult but hopefully make it harder because there are great people on the Internet that might be able to solve this hunt, make it kind of like a Cicada 3301 style. Or better yet, make a time crunch, set a deadline.

Believe me, it's already too hard.

I have looked into it, I might not be able to solve it but mulling over it can be easy.

[BlackHatCoiner]

I have looked into it, I might not be able to solve it but mulling over it can be easy.

I've dealt with it and after hours of rereading the comic, I can say that it's too difficult. Maybe it's because the 8th episode hasn't been released yet. The fact that it doesn't give you 2 out of 12 hints makes you brute force the 2 missing words. And that's just the start, look what other difficulties you'll find:

• Not knowing if it was generated with BIP39 or with electrum. (which doubles the brute forcing effort)
• Ambiguity. For example, look on the 10th key. It says "it has to do with personal care". If you search the wordlist you'll find tons of personal care related words. Although, Dim Zayan states that every word is related with the comic and it's not randomly chosen.
• Not understanding it. The second, which is IMO the hardest one, says something that requires too much research. I'm not sure if I've found the correct one, but I'll have to brute force hoping that that's the one.
• Persistence and patience. Brute forcing one mnemonic with 2 missing words on BIP39 may take you hours to finish. If you have 2-3 words that you're not entirely sure, then you'll have to try too many times.

Generally, in order to find those 10 million satoshis you need to spend hours on ensuring that your answers are correct and additional hours for brute forcing all the possible combinations, not only for the 2 missing words, but for the words of the known hints that are likely to have more than a word as an answer. Furthermore, you don't know the derivation path of the address, which could make the entire work useless.

I believe that if Dim gives the 7th or the 12th hint, the money will be taken within an hour.

[Lorence.xD]

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Generally, in order to find those 10 million satoshis you need to spend hours on ensuring that your answers are correct and additional hours for brute forcing all the possible combinations, not only for the 2 missing words, but for the words of the known hints that are likely to have more than a word as an answer. Furthermore, you don't know the derivation path of the address, which could make the entire work useless.

I believe that if Dim gives the 7th or the 12th hint, the money will be taken within an hour.

If you have a programming prowess, you can make an automated brute force to find the missing digits. If it were the case, I think that it will definitely taken in a matter of hours. Also, in my opinion giving away hints is a pretty bad thing for the dude because that will make the hunt less thrilling, maybe if OP stopped giving hints, OP might create a community surrounding the puzzles that OP created.

[BlackHatCoiner]

If you have a programming prowess, you can make an automated brute force to find the missing digits. If it were the case, I think that it will definitely taken in a matter of hours. Also, in my opinion giving away hints is a pretty bad thing for the dude because that will make the hunt less thrilling, maybe if OP stopped giving hints, OP might create a community surrounding the puzzles that OP created.

Well at first, when I saw that he is selling the hints, I thought it was scam. Later though, I saw his brilliant art and the podcasts, so I stopped believing that. He explained me that he wants to earn the money that lost by selling the hints. Although, selling the first key for BTC0.01, is not a great move IMO. It isn't that difficult to find the first. I would personally give those satoshis for revealing the 7th or the 12th key. Brute forcing with 1 word takes couple of seconds.

[Lorence.xD]

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Well at first, when I saw that he is selling the hints, I thought it was scam. Later though, I saw his brilliant art and the podcasts, so I stopped believing that. He explained me that he wants to earn the money that lost by selling the hints. Although, selling the first key for BTC0.01, is not a great move IMO. It isn't that difficult to find the first. I would personally give those satoshis for revealing the 7th or the 12th key. Brute forcing with 1 word takes couple of seconds.

Since OP has established the hunt then might as well get something out of it, never knew that OP was selling the hint, to take it up a notch, why not open up a donation channel for the work, I think people will support that, plus with those donations OP can create more hunts that will gather more people. I wish I was good at programming because I really like to create puzzles and hunts like this one. Also, selling hints can be a problem for OP because someone might sell it for a lower price and that will definitely damage the hunt in a way but it also makes the hunt harder.

[dimzayan]

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Well at first, when I saw that he is selling the hints, I thought it was scam. Later though, I saw his brilliant art and the podcasts, so I stopped believing that. He explained me that he wants to earn the money that lost by selling the hints. Although, selling the first key for BTC0.01, is not a great move IMO. It isn't that difficult to find the first. I would personally give those satoshis for revealing the 7th or the 12th key. Brute forcing with 1 word takes couple of seconds.

Since OP has established the hunt then might as well get something out of it, never knew that OP was selling the hint, to take it up a notch, why not open up a donation channel for the work, I think people will support that, plus with those donations OP can create more hunts that will gather more people. I wish I was good at programming because I really like to create puzzles and hunts like this one. Also, selling hints can be a problem for OP because someone might sell it for a lower price and that will definitely damage the hunt in a way but it also makes the hunt harder.

Hey guys, let me clarify a few things:

• The hunt was not designed to be easy. The main goal of this hunt is to introduce Bulltardia, get people to read the comic and hopefully like it. I discourage brute forcing because that defeats the original purpose and I would much prefer the winner to be an avid reader who used his brain and imagination rather than a machine.
• That said, the difficulty will decrease over time as new hints are released periodically and publicly. But again, the hunt was not designed to be brute forced.
• While I sell some hints, the hunt can entirely be solved without them. So far, only the first key can be bought. This is intended for the laggards as many hints have already been given for it and it is probably the easiest to find.
• I don't make that much money out of it. Most of the income comes from book sales, auctions and patrons backing my work. Many thanks to them and the book collectors as I am not sure i'd be able to continue the work without their support
• I have a LN donation channel via tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@cryptgm And you're absolutely right, donations would help fund season 2 and another treasure hunt with it! So thank you in advance to anyone contributing.
• I cannot prevent anyone from reselling my virtual goods. After all, it's a free market

Hope that answers some of the questions

cheers,
Dim

[ObfuscatedMind]

Hi OP,

Will you be releasing the key publicly once the treasure is claimed?

This helps those who are invested in the puzzle to see where they went wrong / where they went right .

[dimzayan]

Hi OP,

Will you be releasing the key publicly once the treasure is claimed?

This helps those who are invested in the puzzle to see where they went wrong / where they went right .

Hey mate, Yes of course. I'll release the keys and will probably go over the hints and their correlations.

[Lorence.xD]

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Hey guys, let me clarify a few things:

• The hunt was not designed to be easy. The main goal of this hunt is to introduce Bulltardia, get people to read the comic and hopefully like it. I discourage brute forcing because that defeats the original purpose and I would much prefer the winner to be an avid reader who used his brain and imagination rather than a machine.
• That said, the difficulty will decrease over time as new hints are released periodically and publicly. But again, the hunt was not designed to be brute forced.
• While I sell some hints, the hunt can entirely be solved without them. So far, only the first key can be bought. This is intended for the laggards as many hints have already been given for it and it is probably the easiest to find.
• I don't make that much money out of it. Most of the income comes from book sales, auctions and patrons backing my work. Many thanks to them and the book collectors as I am not sure i'd be able to continue the work without their support
• I have a LN donation channel via tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@cryptgm And you're absolutely right, donations would help fund season 2 and another treasure hunt with it! So thank you in advance to anyone contributing.
• I cannot prevent anyone from reselling my virtual goods. After all, it's a free market

Hope that answers some of the questions

cheers,
Dim

The brute force that I mentioned was a possibility so hopefully you know about it. Good thing that what I want for your hunt is happening and that you do not get destroyed by doing your passion financially. I hope that more will see your work and get more patron, get to other social media platforms to promote your work and set up more donation channels while doing that because I believe that you will be successful. Cheers.

[BlackHatCoiner]

The eighth key is a mark of the cardinals vanity.

What exactly does "vanity" mean? I'm trying to translate it on my language, but I get tons of different results. Is it like pseudo-pride? Or emptiness?

[LoyceV]

The eighth key is a mark of the cardinals vanity.

What exactly does "vanity" mean? I'm trying to translate it on my language, but I get tons of different results. Is it like pseudo-pride? Or emptiness?

I'd go with Google Translate's first definition: "excessive pride in or admiration of one's own appearance or achievements.", that's also what's used when creating a Bitcoin vanity address.

[dimzayan]

New Episode is out!

Episode 8 - Thank You Mother
https://www.bulltardia.com/episode-8-thank-you-mother/

Happy reading