Spraying the HiveWhale in Harlingen, The Netherlands from My Desk Across the Globe

over 3 years ago

Spraying the HiveWhale!

Thanks to the brilliant work of @roelandp, I was able to sit at my desk and use the HIVE blockchain to spray water from the blowhole of a life-sized whale sitting in a harbor on the other side of the planet...

Yes, you heard that correctly. I triggered a fake Dutch whale's blowhole by using the HIVE Blockchain... and you can too!

All you need to do is donate a minimum of 1 HIVE or HBD to @whalefountain, and follow along on the livestream. A few seconds after sending the donation, a large sperm whale replica will spray water out of it's blowhole in the Harlingen Harbor (the stream has a 20 second lag).

After you trigger the whale's blowhole, @whalefountain will send you a memo with a link to a GIF of the whale in action. Above you can see the GIF from when I triggered the HiveWhale. Unfortunately, no one was walking by at the time.

This is a fun project that will draw attention to the power of blockchain technology and the HIVE platform itself. The funds received are used to maintain the whale, with the excess funds being donated to a marine conservation charity.