So the Orbs Marketing Department, which I can subjectively call the best in the industry, is in full throttle. We're traveling the world, making contact with the coolest possible partners, and showing off the technological knowhow of the Orbs and Hexa teams on the Cryptic Writings blog.
We're also printing t-shirts, hopefully the beginning of some radical swag (not that swag is the most important element of granting a company legitimacy, but I mean who doesn't like free stuff?). One of those t-shirts is an obvious reference to pop culture.
There is no fork.
The shirt obviously recalls the iconic 'There is no spoon' scene from the Matrix, but with a clear blockchain twist. Orbs does not claim to have an "unforkable" blockchain about to be released, but we have made it a goal to disincentivize forking as much as possible.
Naturally, a 4-year-old wants to know what the hell his father is wearing.
"Aba," 'Daddy' in Hebrew, "What does it mean 'there is no fork?'"
That requires explaining two things, and in a certain order. The spoon, then the fork.
"Well, it's from a movie - a movie for grown-ups. It can be a little scary, but it's for grown-ups and it's just a movie."
Sometimes my son can take sci-fi fantasy stories like any little boy, but then sometimes, depending on his mood, he might decide a certain story is scary.
"In the movie, all the people are actually dreaming. And they're dreaming in a computer. They don't know they're in the computer."
This is where the explanation can go make-it-or-break-it. If he thinks it's interesting, he will keep listening to me for like another five minutes - a golden window in parental time. If he thinks this next part is scary, he will get nervous, and the next two hours will be an arduous adventure getting him to bed.
To read the rest of this epic father-son moment, follow along at the full blog here.