The history of humanity is the history of a silent war against oblivion. From a clay tablet buried in the foundation of a temple by a Sumerian king in 2000 B.C. to the Voyager Golden Records launched into the depths of space in 1977, we have always acted with the same primal urge: "I was here, I lived, and my words shall not vanish."

However, history has taught us a painful truth: Everything physical eventually decays. Paper yellows, maps get lost, and centralized authorities collapse.

Today, we are opening a new chapter in this millennia-old struggle. Meet the modern solution that learns from the mistakes of the dusty shelves of history and corrects them with blockchain technology: Time Capsules.

Although the term "Time Capsule" seems modern, its roots run deep. Our ancestors used the best technology available to them to speak to the future:

• Ancient Foundations: Babylonians and Sumerians buried tablets containing the names of kings and prayers in the foundations of the temples they built. For them, this was a message to the gods and future generations.

• The Westinghouse Copper Tube (1939): At the New York World's Fair, a capsule made of a "Cupaloy" alloy, designed to last 5,000 years, was buried 50 feet underground. It contained a letter from Einstein and everyday items of the era.

• Crypt of Civilization (1940): A massive room at Oglethorpe University, sealed and scheduled to be opened in the year 8113 A.D.q

• The Voyager Golden Records (1977): These records, containing greetings in 55 languages and sounds of Earth, were humanity's cosmic time capsule sent to extraterrestrial beings.

All these magnificent efforts shared common enemies: Physical Decay and Loss. The locations of buried capsules were forgotten; water leaking into boxes rotted the papers inside. Even worse, today we face what we call the "Digital Dark Age"—data on old floppy disks is now unreadable.

So, is a capsule that never rusts, never gets lost, and holds a key no one possesses actually possible?

Time Capsules transforms this romantic but fragile effort of the past into an indestructible system running on the Base Network blockchain. We are not digging the soil to bury metal boxes; we are sealing data into digital eternity.

Our project is a rebellion against the "speed and forgetfulness" of the modern internet (stories that vanish in 24 hours, deleted tweets) and the insecurity of centralized servers.

Unlike examples from the past, Time Capsules offers these revolutionary features:

1. Trustless Time Lock: Someone could have opened the Westinghouse capsule early. But with Time Capsules, this is impossible. Smart contracts mathematically lock the encryption until the date (Unix timestamp) you determine arrives. Even the world's most powerful computer cannot break that lock before the time is up.

2. No Physical Decay, No Censorship: Your capsule does not live on a single server; it lives on a decentralized network. If a company goes bankrupt, its servers shut down; but as long as the blockchain exists, your message is there. It cannot rust, it cannot flood, and it cannot be burned.

3. The Pinnacle of Privacy (End-to-End Encryption): In the past, physical letters were placed in capsules, and anyone who found them could read them. With us, data is end-to-end encrypted. Until the capsule opens, only you know its contents.

Historically, time capsules were generally public. Time Capsules gives you digital dominion:

• Public Capsules: Just like the 1939 Westinghouse capsule, these are messages visible to all of humanity once opened. Perfect for your predictions about the future, your manifestos, or proofs to say, "I was right."

• Private Capsules: Special boxes that can only be opened by the wallet addresses (people) you designate. Ideal for your digital legacy, inheritance, or emotional notes left for loved ones.

Inspired by the power of words etched onto clay tablets by the Sumerians, the focus of Time Capsules' "Genesis Version" is words. With our capsules, which are currently text-based, we want you to seal your purest thoughts without the distraction of visuals. (File and media support is on the way).

Furthermore, when you create your capsule, you can mint a "TimeCapsules NFT" to immortalize this historic moment. This is the artistic representation of your hidden capsule in your wallet; a modern badge of honor in the digital world that says, "I left a mark on the future."

Throughout history, kings, scientists, and dreamers tried to defeat time. Often, "time" won. But today, we are changing the balance with blockchain technology.

You no longer need to fear the map to your capsule getting lost. You no longer need to fear paper rotting or a server being unplugged.

Time Capsules is the most technological, secure, and permanent form of humanity's millennial desire to be "remembered." Take over the legacy of the past and leave your own unalterable mark on the future.

Time Capsules: Permanence in the age of speed.