How It Works & Manifesto
One Wall. 1,000,000 tiles. One name each. But how?
The Wall of the Million is not merely a platform. It is a high-intensity social experiment that progressively transforms into a digital time capsule.
But managing one million tiles is no easy feat. Especially when you want to keep things exciting.
Instead of a flat price for every tile, we wanted to spice things up, increasing the cost slightly with each claim without letting it spiral into an out-of-control exponential spike. And most of all, keeping it as low as possible for everyone.
Enter a simple yet elegant mathematical tool: a square-root function.
This sub-linear curve ensures the price grows very gradually, keeping tiles affordable even after tens or hundreds of thousands of claims. At the same time, it preserves the fun, gamified spirit of the project: as time goes on, the price increases slowly but surely, making each new spot on the Wall feel progressively more prestigious, without ever reaching absurd numbers.
Here is how the formula works.
The Formula
The first tile starts at $0.50. The price of tile is calculated using a square-root curve:
Notice that precise coefficient of $0.04954455? It’s not random. It is a mathematically tuned ingredient designed to guide the curve from start to finish. Because our payment processor (Stripe) enforces a minimum transaction limit of $0.50, the Wall starts at $0.50 rather than $0.01 or zero. We simply couldn't go lower. This exact constant guarantees a smooth progression across all one million tiles, landing tile #1,000,000 at exactly $50.00.
This multiplier serves as a throttle on the price curve. By adding roughly 5 cents per step of , it flattens price increases as more tiles are claimed, preventing costs from spiraling into an exponential spike and ensuring a smooth, predictable progression throughout the entire Wall.
Growth is strictly sub-linear. Prices rise continuously, but each step up is smaller than the last. Because prices are rounded to whole cents, progression moves through clean price tiers. Rather than fraction-of-a-cent shifts on every click, tiles are grouped into finite, fixed-price batches (or price plateaus), where large blocks of consecutive tiles share the exact same price point before stepping up.
Once a tier is fully claimed, the Wall steps up by a single cent, creating a continuous rhythm of micro-countdowns all the way to tile #1,000,000. This guarantees that early backers get the biggest advantage while keeping the Wall accessible to everyone from start to finish.
The logic is simple: the earlier you claim, the less you pay.
In plain numbers
- Base price
- Price scaling
- Example — tile #100
The Price Curve
- Tile #1$0.50
- Tile #10$0.61
- Tile #100$0.95
- Tile #1,000$2.02
- Tile #10,000$5.40
- Tile #100,000$16.12
- Tile #1,000,000$50.00
Check any tile price
Type a tile number and see what the curve says.
Tile #1,000 costs
$2.02The Manifesto: Why The Wall Exists
The Wall of the Million is a collective digital landmark built to permanently mark a moment in internet history. Part social experiment on permanence, value, and collective momentum, part digital time capsule.
The social experiment is the spark that builds the work; the time capsule is the monument that remains forever. Taking part in the experiment means shaping its history; owning a tile means leaving your everlasting footprint on the web's legacy.
At its core, it’s a study on FOMO: the Fear of Missing Out. That deeply human urge to leave a mark before an opportunity closes forever. Whether you can resist it is up to you.
When you claim a tile, you secure a permanent spot on this landmark: your name, your icon, your tagline, and a direct link to your personal story, project, brand or social profile.
The question is: Why do we care?
Because digital spaces are usually temporary. Posts fade, feeds refresh, and content gets buried in seconds. The Wall is the opposite: a static, finite monument built by one million individual decisions.
Make no mistake: if The Wall of the Million gets traction, you won't want to miss out! And once tile #1,000,000 is claimed, the gates close permanently and the game is over. No extra space, no second editions, no updates, no going back. History is made.
Then your name stays on the Wall for as long as the internet remembers it. As long as people can talk about it. As long as posts are made online. As long as the Wall remains live on its servers.
The only question left is: Which side of history will you be on? Will you on the Wall or lost in the noise?
