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Grondoth
Feb 18, 2011
I can't see what NFTs could possibly have to offer that isn't already in place within games. These are the places where digital scarcity can exist, and you can do it without hooking in to unstable and bizarre spaces. Investors love the idea of anything related to THE BLOCKCHAIN because of the potential value cryptocurrencies can balloon to, even though they're of very limited use outside of crime.

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Grondoth
Feb 18, 2011

Hel posted:

This is why crypto evangelism is so important to the scam, by convincing people to buy in, you can offload your trash to them in exchange for real money. Which is why they shuffle nuts between wallets to make it seem like the price is going up.

It's just a pyramid scheme, basically. If you get in early you can get rich by selling off the stuff you bought early to people who came late.

It's so dumb.

Grondoth
Feb 18, 2011
"You can sell games when you're done with them" sure is a bold statement to explain why this new thing is nessicary.

Grondoth
Feb 18, 2011

Ghostlight posted:

the luddites smashed machines that were often being installed for the express purpose of firing or forcibly lowering the wages of a highly skilled workforce with no social safety net and very few other options for employment.

'The luddites were right' was one of the craziest things I learned. They didn't hate technology, they just didn't want the machines to replace labor because the workers didn't own them.

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