Lately, I have been thinking deeply about blockchain. I have determined that we are doing this all wrong. It seems to me that the following four functions which I tweeted out are a blockchain. WordPress seems to have trouble with some of the letters and symbols that I used, but all four are visible on twitter.  In order to generate these, I used the terminal on my Macintosh laptop and vi (my favorite editor). Starting with å (Opt-a), I have each function as its own block. The triangle (opt-j) function is called at the end of each function and writes it to a local file which is hashed by the sum command into a filename. The next function will error out if that file is not present. Once all four files are on your computer, you can simply run each function in order: opt-a, opt-b, opt-c, opt-c. You will then see a mysterious gibberish language that any Joyce Scholar should love to unravel. This can also be seen (in these examples) by simply reading the functions below.
I think this represents a new approach to converging language and code and can be actually more accessible and definately more fun that traditional coding.More importantly, I do believe that I have created a blockchain that is both secure and accessible. So the act of trying to figure this out and creating your own additional or alternate functions would be worth the effort. This system has no specific backend, but could easily be dovetailed into another system. For example, I made sure that each function was under 240 characters and posted each individually into twitter. I challenge you guys to tweet back to me with your own versions at:j0hnrigler. I also challenge you to pick up a copy of Finnegans Wake and begin to explore its secrets yourself, and maybe even try to unravel what I am saying about the world around me. Have fun.