Hi there! I created this website to give a TLDR overview for Octant epoch 9 voters. As a normie writer I didn’t really have a professional website because I never really needed one, my published novels and poetry were enough to reach an (mostly Dutch) audience. Books are oldschool. 🚗
I didn’t expect to be selected for epoch 9 but here we are! It’s been short notice so this is all under construction but I will do my best to give you a good overview of what the funding will be used for and why I think $ilence could be the book project to enhance Ethereum awareness to a mainstream normie audience. This isn't just fiction - this is crypto resistance literature. I'm showing mainstream European audiences why decentralized, privacy-preserving tech isn't just for criminals. It's for anyone who doesn't want to live under total surveillance.🏁
With $ilence, my new novel project, I aim to reach the 99% who'll never read a whitepaper but might understand why uncensorable systems matter through a thriller that keeps them awake at night.
Crypto-native author (former degen) with 5 published novels and a collection of poetry at major Dutch publishing houses
Literary recognition: my previous crypto novel 0xBlixa was shortlisted for Dutch prestigious BNG Bank Literature Prize
Media coverage: every book I published got featured in major Dutch & Belgian newspapers, radio interviews and TV
International interest: Flanders Literature created an English translation sample for London Book Fair (big international interest from over 30 publishing houses, but no translation yet)
Cultural bridge: translating crypto concepts for mainstream European audiences
Academic background: PhD in surrealism at Royal Conservatory Antwerp
Cultural impact: first Dutch novelist to seriously engage with crypto themes
Read more here about 0xblixa : https://www.flandersliterature.be/books-and-authors/book/0xblixa
My goal with this novel was to make CT-culture accessible for normies in a way even my aunt could understand. Very happy with the result and even more stoked when it got praise in the MSM and was shortlisted for one of the three big literary prizes of the Netherlands. On the go I introduced them to basic blockchain concepts like seed phrase, CT, Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum etc.
Flanders Literature paid a translator to create an English sample text so if you’re curious what it looks like, make sure to check it out in the link below ☀