CBlocks is Like a Mystery Box, But for Cryptocurrencies

The idea of a mystery box isn’t new, and there are a lot of companies that offer subscriptions for monthly mystery boxes and similar items. However, this new startup is taking things to the next level.

CBlocks is Like a Mystery Box, But for Cryptocurrencies

CBlocks is like any other mystery box company in all but one way — they offer mystery boxes of cryptocurrencies. Yeah, you read that right.

Users can (and they probably already are) buy a mystery box, and CBlocks then proceeds to buy 5 random crypto-coins for them, loads them into a USB wallet, and mails it to them — that’s all. CBlocks chooses the random cryptocurrencies from the top 300 currencies out there, and buys them from one of its partner coin exchanges before loading them up into a wallet for you.

Currently, the company offers four types of boxes with prices going from $75 and up to $500. It uses all of that money to buy the currencies for you, except for the $25 that are deducted as handling, shipping and ‘loading it into a wallet’ fees. So basically, you get coins worth $50 to $475 with these boxes.

The company is also (apparently) trying to educate its customers about how cryptocurrency works by including a piece of paper that has information about the customer’s coins on it.

The idea behind CBlocks originated from CryptoRoullete — a website that shows how much profit you would’ve made had you invested in 6 random cryptocurrencies on a particular date in the past.

Since CBlocks currently only ships within the US, I couldn’t order a box for myself and see how it turned out, but for the most part, this sounds like an interesting idea at the very least. It could turn out to be a big thing, or it could turn out to be a dud, you never know, but if you’re too lazy to research, this is probably as good a place to get started in cryptocurrency as any.