When I first learned about NFTs I figured I was simply too stupid to understand it. There was simply no way it was as dumb as it sounded.
Turns out I was right, it was way, way dumber than it sounded.
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I literally emailed a bunch of people doing wildlife conservation and begged them "This is a bubble. Please sell cheesey lion photo NFTs for money. This won't last."
It went the way it usually goes if anything is used exclusively as a subject of speculation. NFTs were meant to represent things, but people inscribed "value" in the representation instead. As if the housing market suddenly exploded the day someone invented writing its owner on a piece of paper.
There are lots of legitimate but boring uses of NFTs, just not the kind that make the news like pictures of monkeys.
No there isn't. There's lots of ways you can shoehorn NFTs in, but it's always a poor fit. People always try and claim that NFTs will solve some sort of problem that is already solved with existing technology.
There is no problem NFTs can solve that can't also be implemented much more cheaply and effectively with an SQL database from the 90s.
I actually had this whole period where i would be doing something and I'd think to myself "Surely i misunderstand NFTs" then I'd stop what i was doing and check.
I mean, look at the bright side. Someone scammed Logan Paul out of $635,000.
I wouldn't be surprised if someone at the top of the scam pyramid paid influencers to "buy" NFTs to try and kick off sales.
Now that you mention it, I better put on some welding equipment before looking at that side.
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To avoid eye damage from how extremely bright it is
Today it’s ON SALE for $150. In reality it’s worthless.
Nice. I love seeing rich cunts making poor choices.
At least someone is happy with the USA then.
He bought it for the headline.
... or because he needed to sink a $600k investment loss for tax purposes
Why not both?
Hahaha remember when they said nfts were going to be valuable because the artists involved were so innovative and cool? Then now the next GPU-selling trend is to rip off artists.
Future US Senator, folks! Truly a country of serious people.
ETA: $155 is still comically high.
I first heard about NFTs and I thought "wait...so you don't have any control over who sees it or any copyright of it...you're only listed as the owner." then when those pictures of the monkeys with glasses and hats started being sold for millions I thought, "oh so this is a game of hot potato...last person who has it loses"
how about this take? logan spent 635K on a publicity stunt and 5 years later you muppets are stilll tweeting about it, pretty good return id say
And it had no discernible effect on his life.
Correction: today it's worthless and in 2021 it was worth nothing.
Is it really worth $155, tho? Did someone actually buy it for that much? Or is it actually worth nothing since nobody is willing to buy it? 🤔
I'd guess that 100% of its worth is down to Logan Paul having owned it.
The concept of an NFT and the security of purchasing isn't worthless. The fact that people with too much money bid up and purchased any old crap available as a NFT was and always is idiocy. That crap reverting to worthlessness when it wasn't worth anything to start with is reasonable. Some people were able to make a ton of money with that hype. Same as they now are on AI.
Just means when he sells it he will have quite a bit of capital loss to offset any gains he made.
Would have been better off donating to charity
why is lemmy obsessed with nft’s?
They need people to feel superior to.