Imagine the year 2047, when my great-granddaughter flips through a digital archive and finds a novel called "Eternal Echoes," reading the words I wrote today—"Dear future reader, by the time you read these words, I will have already left. But through this work, we converse across time." This is not a plot device in a novel, but a real happening.



I am an independent creator, undertaking an unprecedented experiment with the Walrus protocol: a century-long novel that requires three generations to complete and allows readers to participate in rewriting. Sounds crazy? But behind this lies solutions to three ultimate challenges in literary creation.

**How can words withstand the test of time?**

The reasons traditional creation has fallen out of favor are very practical: paper ages, hard drives fail, file formats face obsolescence every five years. Writers work in closed environments, and reader feedback only comes after the work is finished. Even more painfully, once a novel is finalized, it becomes frozen—yet social norms, technological backgrounds, and cultural contexts are constantly changing. How can a work stay vibrant?

When I conceived this project in 2024, I realized I needed a completely different infrastructure. What does the Walrus protocol offer? Permanent storage ensures the text remains readable after a hundred years; version management records the timeline of each creative decision; programmable interactions allow future readers to participate in narrative rewriting in a controlled manner; decentralized preservation means no binding to any single institution—true eternal archiving.

This is not just technical stacking. It is redefining the meaning of "work" using Web3 logic—from a finished product to a living dialogue.
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OffchainWinnervip
· 11h ago
The idea of a century-long novel has gone viral, but it's really hardcore.
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WhaleWatchervip
· 01-07 19:49
Wow, a century-long novel + reader rewrites? That’s some crazy brainstorming Can Walrus really last a hundred years without collapsing? I’m still a bit hesitant Reader participation in rewriting... Isn’t this just crowdfunding literature? Won’t it end up completely unrecognizable? The concept is indeed brilliant, but the execution feels like a big pitfall Eternal archiving sounds awesome, but is decentralization really reliable? I’m truly impressed by this idea—literature × Web3 × time span, truly rare
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MissedAirdropAgainvip
· 01-07 19:49
I'm a bit fond of this crazy idea, just not sure if Walrus can last until 2047 haha
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DAOdreamervip
· 01-07 19:43
A hundred-year novel sounds romantic, but would it really take three generations to rewrite? Probably it would fall apart by the second generation, haha. Eternal archives sound great, but what if the technology stack itself becomes outdated... Readers rewriting the plot seems easy to turn into a chaotic battle where everyone's opinions clash. Walrus indeed solves the storage problem, but the vitality of literary works has never been about the storage medium. But the idea is truly wild; this is the first time I've seen a Web3-enabled creative approach like this, quite interesting.
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CryptoSurvivorvip
· 01-07 19:36
Whoa, isn't this turning the novel into a DAO? Readers become creators, that's pretty innovative.
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HypotheticalLiquidatorvip
· 01-07 19:30
A century-long novel sounds romantic, but the risks are also ridiculously high. Permanent storage, version control, decentralization... it sounds like building an infinitely leveraged creative financial product. The file format obsolescence cycle is 5 years? Can the health factor of this Walrus protocol withstand 23 cycles?
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GasDevourervip
· 01-07 19:27
Wait, a century-old novel can still be rewritten by readers? Isn't this collective creation? By then, it will be so altered that no one will recognize the original work.
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