An ICO recently sent a letter to the head of the Communist Party of Russia offering to bury Lenin’s body outside the mausoleum where it is normally kept (https://tombcare.com/).

As if the news surrounding blockchain technology wasn’t crazy enough, a blockchain-based burial maintenance service that recently launched an ICO, sent a letter to the head of the Russian Communist Party – Gennady Zyuganov – offering to bury Lenin’s body, which is currently preserved in a mausoleum in the Red Square.

“Beyond any doubt, a busy person such as comrade Zyuganov would find it more convenient and fast to walk from the Parliament to the Red Square in order to honor the memory of the communist leader or to commemorate yet another revolution-related anniversary. However, I think that comrade Zyuganov’s unwillingness to concede the reburial stems from the fact that he still doesn’t know about TombCare,” the letter read.

The ICO, which launched its sale in October, provides users with an application that allows them to manage the burial sites of their relatives remotely. According to their site, the app will let them choose a worker and receive a detailed photo report of the grave.

In all likelihood, TombCare’s team may have sent the letter as a publicity stunt to garner more attention to its project.

On Tuesday, Communists around the world celebrated the 100th anniversary of the October Revolution that marked the birth of the now-defunct Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Lenin’s body’s presence at the mausoleum provided the ICO with an opportune moment to make an attention-grabbing move, although we doubt that the Communist Party of Russia would react with anything other than slight annoyance at their letter.

“If Lenin’s burial ground is moved away from the heart of Moscow, or even away from Moscow altogether, the backers of the Communist Party and other admirers may not worry about the grave’s state. Recording information on the burial ground on the blockchain will allow the grateful descendants to keep on honoring the memory of the leader of the world’s proletariat,” added Andrey Simonov, the project’s CEO.

ICOs in Russia are walking on ice right now as the government continues to show animosity towards them. Last week, an adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the country had lost 18 billion rubles from activities related to this fundraising mechanism.

It would be interesting, however, to know what kind of opinion Lenin would have had about his grave being managed using one of the most capitalistic inventions in recent history.

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