I arrived home to two surprises today, both of which were welcome ones! The first I'll talk about in a separate post but the second I'm happy to share now...src

A couple months ago Hive account@hivelander, the immortal mannequin of hive, started a concept that was so interesting I decided to get on board. He called it the HiveStamp Project in which he created a user-specific Hive Blockchain stamp, affixed it to a post card and sent it to whomever threw their hand up and asked for one; I was one such person.

Why did I do this? Well because firstly it's a cool idea and secondly because I like to support people doing cool community-oriented things. There was a tertiary reason also which was more simplistic; Plain old curiosity.

I sent a mailing address to Hive account@hivelander and within a day or so my postcard had begun it's journey from Switzerland all the way to Australia. You can read his original post here if you like.

What is also very cool is that the postcard isn't any old run-of-the-mill postcards; It's a special one. I've taken a couple of images of it which you can see below. Not only does it have a legit stamp on it, a G-dog stamp, but it has a QR code which links to hive so anyone who happens to see the postcard can scan the QR code and who knows...Maybe we pick up a new user. Come on...That's kinda cool right? Imagine these things all over the place? It might help pick up some new users and would certainly attract some attention.

You can see the exact route my postcard took from Hive account@hivelander's home country of Switzerland on the left below.

It went down, then right, did a loop, went up then down and right, then down and left, did another loop and went to the left and then right...That's the exact way to get to Australia from Switzerland you know.

I only wrote to Hive account@hivelander the other day letting him know the postcard hadn't arrived and I blamed COVID-19 as it's the excuse for everything, but only days later here it is! It takes a while to get to Australia but once here it's a blast! Trust me.

So yeah @hivelander...It made it!

Hive account@hivelander has sent out several other HiveStamp postcards since he sent mine and I believe there's a few other users on the list to get one also.

This simple, but interesting and fun, concept is exactly what we need here on the blockchain...Interaction on a person to person level...Even if that person is a mannequin. This community-based project is a great way for people to connect, to have a laugh and to expose the blockchain a little more don't you think?

If you haven't checked out Hive account@hivelander's posts yet go and take a look, see what he's up to and engage a little...Who knows, you might be next to get a HiveStamp!

Want a HiveStamp?

Contact Hive account@hivelander on Discord - hivelander #9828 - or send your postal address to: [email protected]

Thanks for taking the time and making the effort to put this together @hivelander...It's a cool, somewhat innovative, concept and it was fun to be a part of it.

Design and create your ideal life, don't live it by default - Tomorrow isn't promised.

Be well
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