Web Pc (ICP) and DFINITY founder Dominic Williams has conjured up an oddball plan to hurry up the tip of the Russian invasion of Ukraine through sensible contracts and $250 million value of crypto rewards.

DFINITY’s Web Pc was launched in Might 2021 and is a public blockchain and protocol that’s attempting to decentralize the web.

Williams’ March 16 proposal is centered on countering propaganda, and informing the Russian inhabitants — who he suggests are usually “fully ignorant” — on the truth of what’s really going down in Ukraine, which can then, in flip, spur them on to stress the federal government to cease the battle.

“We must always not maintain out an excessive amount of hope that sanctions alone will flip the Russian inhabitants in opposition to their leaders, for the straightforward motive that they management their media, which dutifully pumps out carefully-crafted propaganda and false info,” Williams wrote.

The proposal means that blockchain tech and sensible contracts might function a approach to get giant numbers of verified Russian residents to observe “informative media” regarding the battle collectively in digital actuality events dubbed “individuals events”:

“Every attendee who proves personhood utilizing the individuals social gathering system is then recognized to sensible contracts as a person human being. The system prevents dishonest, such that on every run, an individual is barely in a position to attend precisely as soon as.”

“On this proposal, sensible contracts would open a brand new crypto account for every profitable attendee, which they’ll entry and management utilizing an Web Id,” the publish added.

To incentivize residents, Williams proposes that crypto rewards in belongings corresponding to Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) might be utilized. Every Russian citizen can be required to observe till the tip of the video/s as pin numbers tied to their accounts wouldn’t be unlocked till all the content material is consumed.

“The streaming video will inform the reality in regards to the battle in Ukraine, and ask Russians to stress their authorities into ceasing hostilities. How such a video is greatest constructed needs to be left to gifted filmmakers. A non-watermarked model needs to be made obtainable for obtain, permitting the recipient to point out others the video,” Williams wrote.

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The $250 million sum advised by Willaims is predicated on his advice to pay every participant $50 per video watched, with the hope of attracting 5 million Russians to observe the informative movies.

The plan depends on many contingencies falling into place, with a very powerful being the web staying on-line with no interference from the Russian authorities to facilitate such a grand plan. Responses on Twitter highlighted identified that Moscow officers are reportedly weighing up disconnecting the nation from our on-line world.

“Moscow is ready to disconnect the nation from our on-line world. Although the authorities formally deny the initiative, leaked messages recommend that it’ll start to roll out the technique on the federal government’s web sites this Friday”
I ponder how anybody will see the movies

— Nicolas.icp (@ICbicycle) March 15, 2022

Different Twitter customers weren’t impressed with the thought corresponding to “Omega.ic3” who slammed the transfer as a PR stunt:

“There isn’t any means this concept would have any actual probability to impression public opinion in Russia. Subsequently it appears to be like like an inexpensive PR shot, in the end attempting to revenue off the state of affairs by leaping on the bandwagon of fashionable opinion and improve visibility.”