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Flagged as the link seems to be some kind of Ethereum leaderboard and nothing to do with the claimed title.

paweladamczuk 2y ago
I think the story behind this page is interesting.
throwawaycities 2y ago
Thanks, I emailed Dang to update the url to the “lore” subpage. The linked website is the official site of the Album owner. The homepage simply shows a countdown clock to the release date of the album originally scheduled for 2103, but the release date/clock is being reduced in real-time based on album purchases. This Album is the highest selling album of all-time, it only had 1 physical copy made, and the ownership history is just as interesting. For more info on the Album here is the Wikipedia article: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time_in_Shaolin https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time_in_Shaolin
- dang 2y ago
  We've changed the URL from https://www.thealbum.com/ https://www.thealbum.com/ to the NYT article about it, which has more background and will hopefully be more interesting.
  - ralferoo 2y ago
    Thanks! I tried clicking around the various links and nothing seemed to happen apart from popups trying to get me to enter my wallet information, so I assumed it was just some kind of crypto-scam leaderboard. I've now read the other article, and it's fascinating. Somehow I missed the story about the arrest and this album at the time...
  - judge2020 2y ago
    Ah yes, an amazing source where you can only read it if you're duped into signing up for a 12 month commitment to them for the pleasure of watching your pocket book sucked dry. Both the /lore page and the wikipedia article provides more information about it for free than the NYT does.
    - dang 2y ago
      If there's a workaround, it's ok. Users usually post workarounds in the thread. This is in the FAQ at https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html and there's more explanation here: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=paywalls%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989

I think the story behind this page is interesting.

Thanks, I emailed Dang to update the url to the “lore” subpage. The linked website is the official site of the Album owner. The homepage simply shows a countdown clock to the release date of the album originally scheduled for 2103, but the release date/clock is being reduced in real-time based on album purchases. This Album is the highest selling album of all-time, it only had 1 physical copy made, and the ownership history is just as interesting. For more info on the Album here is the Wikipedia article: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time_in_Shaolin https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time_in_Shaolin

dang 2y ago
We've changed the URL from https://www.thealbum.com/ https://www.thealbum.com/ to the NYT article about it, which has more background and will hopefully be more interesting.
- ralferoo 2y ago
  Thanks! I tried clicking around the various links and nothing seemed to happen apart from popups trying to get me to enter my wallet information, so I assumed it was just some kind of crypto-scam leaderboard. I've now read the other article, and it's fascinating. Somehow I missed the story about the arrest and this album at the time...
- judge2020 2y ago
  Ah yes, an amazing source where you can only read it if you're duped into signing up for a 12 month commitment to them for the pleasure of watching your pocket book sucked dry. Both the /lore page and the wikipedia article provides more information about it for free than the NYT does.
  - dang 2y ago
    If there's a workaround, it's ok. Users usually post workarounds in the thread. This is in the FAQ at https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html and there's more explanation here: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=paywalls%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989