The above image was made with stable diffusion using the prompt 'an antique book made from glowing cyan computer code.'
I've been doing a lot of planning lately. Planning out the publication of my next book, The 321 Incident, which I'm going to release through Rstory. Planning out Rstory's next steps, which is more than a little complicated. I'm realizing in this process that what I'm trying to do is totally unique in the space.
As Rstory gets more real, there are things I can't talk about. To avoid my token being incorrectly classed as a security by the SEC, I basically need to avoid the topic of token price completely, and I absolutely can't say or imply that I'm going to do anything to increase the price. So I'm doing everything I can to present Rstory accurately, as a utility token and not a financial investment. And I'm crossing my fingers that that's good enough for my micro project.
The real challenge with a project like this is getting anyone to care. I'm terrible at marketing, so my plan is to focus on making awesome things, like product page templates that make it easy for anyone to incorporate Rstory into their website. The Github is set up to receive any developer's template submissions. One community member is even working on a Squarespace integration.
Below is the first published template example, a product page for my book The 321 Incident that connects with both Anchor wallet and MetaMask:
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>The 321 Incident</title>
<meta name="description" content="The 321 Incident is a science fiction novel by Mark Bailey.">
<meta name="author" content="Mark Bailey">
<meta property="og:title" content="321 Incident">
<meta property="og:type" content="website">
<meta property="og:description" content="The 321 Incident is a science fiction novel by Mark Bailey.">
<meta property="og:image" content="
>
<script src="https://rstory.mypinata.cloud/ipfs/QmRRRaytjur3gspxa9mUxaxLQhW6A19qRvp4TFweJfACkn"></script>
<script src="https://rstory.mypinata.cloud/ipfs/QmPrgG4X6sX3CHLLgrcQU8H8VTqh5mWqWfP6KLtfSfYKxc"></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/anchor-link@3"></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/anchor-link-browser-transport@3"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/ethers@5.6.8/dist/ethers.umd.min.js"></script>
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Noto+Serif:ital,wght@0,100..900;1,100..900&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Pathway+Gothic+One&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
<style>
body {
margin-left: 20%;
margin-right: 20%;
}
p {
font-size: 20px;
font-family: 'Noto Serif', courier;
margin-right: 2%;
margin-left: 2%;
}
hr {
height: 10px;
background-color: black;
}
li {
padding: 10px;
font-size: 18px;
font-family: 'Noto Serif', courier;
margin-right: 2%;
margin-left: 2%;
}
a {
color: red;
}
a:hover {
background-color: black;
color: white;
}
h1 {
font-family: "Pathway Gothic One", sans-serif;
color: red;
font-size: 300%;
margin: 0;
}
img {
width: 100%;
border-radius: 12px;
}
#footer {
color: cyan;
background-color: black;
font-family: courier;
font-weight: bold;
text-align: center;
padding: 8px;
margin-top: 12px;
}
#read-metamask-container, #read-btn-container {
width: 49%;
box-sizing: border-box;
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: top;
margin-top: 16px;
}
#read-btn, #read-metamask {
width: 100%;
color: cyan;
background-color: black;
font-family: "Pathway Gothic One", sans-serif;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 24px;
text-align: center;
padding: 6px;
margin-bottom: 16px;
border-radius: 6px;
}
#read-btn:hover, #read-metamask:hover {
color: black;
background-color: white;
}
#vid {
width: 560px;
margin: auto;
}
/* Tablet view */
@media (max-width: 768px) {
body {
margin-left: 8%;
margin-right: 8%;
}
/* Mobile view */
@media (max-width: 480px) {
body {
margin-left: 2%;
margin-right: 2%;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<img src="https://rstory.mypinata.cloud/ipfs/QmVWQr9sqfWTPb1qFVDoVUHYN9pV4WGWwfJRgFytj6NwVo" alt="Mysterious happenings in Washington">
<p><em>The 321 Incident</em> is about a national tragedy that claims as many lives as 9/11 did. From there, the story follows a handful of characters as they try to navigate the post-tragedy landscape. Although they face steep challenges, synchronicities and the magic of human connections help them find their way. Politics, media, harm reduction, and non-ordinary states of consciousness are some of the themes that the work explores.</p>
<hr>
<ul id="book-list">
<li><strong><em>The 321 Incident</em>strong> is available exclusively to Rstory holders. If you possess at least one Rstory token you may <a href="#" data-encoded-hash="ENCODED HASH GOES HERE">read The 321 Incident here</a> once it's released. This link won't become active until you connect with Anchor wallet or MetaMask below to prove you have a token. Rstory tokens are available on Alcor exchangea>. Read more about Mark Bailey's science fiction on markbailey.love.
Anchor Connect
Metamask Connect
Page by Mark Bailey
function custom_decode(encoded_str) {
return decodeURIComponent(encoded_str.match(/.{1,2}/g).map(function (v) {
return '%' + ('0' + v).slice(-2);
}).join(''));
}
function reveal() {
const links = document.querySelectorAll('#book-list a');
const base_url = "https://rstory.mypinata.cloud/ipfs/";
links.forEach(link => {
const encoded_hash = link.getAttribute("data-encoded-hash");
if (encoded_hash) {
const decoded_hash = custom_decode(encoded_hash);
link.href = base_url + decoded_hash;
}
});
}
// JavaScript login and token check functions
const dapp = "rstory";
let login_use = "";
let wallet_userAccount = "none";
let wallet_session = null;
const eos = new waxjs.WaxJS({
rpcEndpoint: 'https://eos.greymass.com'
});
const transport = new AnchorLinkBrowserTransport();
const anchorLink = new AnchorLink({
transport,
chains: [{
chainId: 'aca376f206b8fc25a6ed44dbdc66547c36c6c33e3a119ffbeaef943642f0e906',
nodeUrl: 'https://eos.greymass.com',
}]
});
function loginEos(anchor) {
login_use = anchor;
if (anchor) {
login_anchor();
} else {
login_eosjs().then(function (retorno) {
wallet_userAccount = retorno;
checkToken();
});
}
}
function login_anchor() {
anchorLink.login(dapp).then((result) => {
wallet_session = result.session;
wallet_userAccount = wallet_session.auth.actor;
checkToken();
});
}
async function login_eosjs() {
try {
let userAccount = await eos.login();
return userAccount;
} catch (e) {
document.getElementById("autologin").innerHTML = e.message;
}
return false;
}
function checkToken() {
const eosApiUrl = "https://eos.eosphere.io/";
const TokenContract = "rstorytokens";
const TokenSymbol = "RSTORY";
const jsonData = JSON.stringify({ "json": true, "code": TokenContract, "scope": wallet_userAccount, "table": "accounts", "limit": 10 });
fetch(eosApiUrl + "v1/chain/get_table_rows", {
method: "POST",
headers: {
"Content-Type": "application/json"
},
body: jsonData
})
.then(response => response.json())
.then(data => {
let TokenFound = false;
data.rows.forEach(value => {
if (value.balance) {
TokenFound = true;
reveal();
document.getElementById("loading").innerHTML = "You have " + value.balance;
}
});
if (!TokenFound) {
document.getElementById("loading").innerHTML = "You must possess RSTORY to access the material";
}
})
.catch(error => {
console.error(error);
});
}
// Identify the accounts and connect MetaMask to the website.
async function connectMetaMask() {
if (typeof window.ethereum !== 'undefined') {
try {
const accounts = await ethereum.request({ method: 'eth_requestAccounts' });
handleAccountsChanged(accounts);
} catch (error) {
if (error.code === 4001) {
console.log('Please connect to MetaMask.');
} else {
console.error(error);
}
}
} else {
alert('MetaMask is not installed. Please install MetaMask to use this feature.');
}
}
// Handle the account change and token check
function handleAccountsChanged(accounts) {
if (accounts.length === 0) {
console.log('Please connect to MetaMask.');
} else {
const account = accounts[0];
checkMetaMaskToken(account);
}
}
// Check for the Rstory token in the connected MetaMask account
async function checkMetaMaskToken(account) {
const contractAddress = '0xa9deffb371dd9c7fd2cfc6676cdb3bc394b45a42';
const abi = [
// The minimal ABI to get ERC20 Token balance
{
"constant": true,
"inputs": [{ "name": "_owner", "type": "address" }],
"name": "balanceOf",
"outputs": [{ "name": "balance", "type": "uint256" }],
"type": "function"
}
];
const provider = new ethers.providers.Web3Provider(window.ethereum);
const contract = new ethers.Contract(contractAddress, abi, provider);
try {
const balance = await contract.balanceOf(account);
if (balance.gt(0)) {
reveal();
document.getElementById('loading').innerHTML = `You have ${balance.toString()} TUDEs.`;
} else {
document.getElementById('loading').innerHTML = 'You must possess TUDE to access the material';
}
} catch (error) {
console.error(error);
}
}
document.getElementById('read-btn').addEventListener('click', () => loginEos(true));
document.getElementById('read-metamask').addEventListener('click', connectMetaMask);
</script>
</body>
</html>
Check out the live page here. As you can see, it's very simple. There's an image, a description, an area where the book link will appear for token holders once it's published, buttons for connecting the wallets, a video of me being interviewed by @amberjyang about my books, and a footer. The book itself will be done similar to how I did Small Gods of Time Travel on IPFS, but with fewer images.
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Read my novels:
- Small Gods of Time Travel is available as a web book on IPFS and as a 41 piece Tezos NFT collection on Objkt.
- The Paradise Anomaly is available in print via Blurb and for Kindle on Amazon.
- Psychic Avalanche is available in print via Blurb and for Kindle on Amazon.
- One Man Embassy is available in print via Blurb and for Kindle on Amazon.
- Flying Saucer Shenanigans is available in print via Blurb and for Kindle on Amazon.
- Rainbow Lullaby is available in print via Blurb and for Kindle on Amazon.
- The Ostermann Method is available in print via Blurb and for Kindle on Amazon.
- Blue Dragon Mississippi is available in print via Blurb and for Kindle on Amazon.
See my NFTs:
- Small Gods of Time Travel is a 41 piece Tezos NFT collection on Objkt that goes with my book by the same name.
- History and the Machine is a 20 piece Tezos NFT collection on Objkt based on my series of oil paintings of interesting people from history.
- Artifacts of Mind Control is a 15 piece Tezos NFT collection on Objkt based on declassified CIA documents from the MKULTRA program.