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Strictly ties a given card's value to its rarity, instead of rarity*condition. Mainly useful for, well, rare cards. If you own a rare card and damage it or los

Strictly ties a given card's value to its rarity, instead of rarity*condition. Mainly useful for, well, rare cards. If you own a rare card and damage it or lose the physical version, it's okay because the publisher will send you a new one for a small fee. On top of this, it acts as proof of authenticity; if someone's trying to sell a rare card, instead of the buyer having to figure out whether it's a fake, the seller just has to prove ownership of the NFT and ideally the publisher would maintain a catalog of valid NFTs. Trading these cards can use existing nft platforms instead of the publisher having to handle marketplace concerns; all the publisher needs to do is be able to issue the NFT to the owner of the physical card

gspr 5y ago
> If you own a rare card and damage it or lose the physical version, it's okay because the publisher will send you a new one for a small fee. Is this a real issue? > On top of this, it acts as proof of authenticity; if someone's trying to sell a rare card, instead of the buyer having to figure out whether it's a fake, the seller just has to prove ownership of the NFT and ideally the publisher would maintain a catalog of valid NFTs. This just shifts the burden to authenticity of the NFT. How does that help?
- Jarwain 5y ago
  > Is this a real issue? In a sense? It's an issue that there are a number of solutions for, from card sleeves to just being super careful. Having this possibility available would probably hurt the industry around protecting cards. > This just shifts the burden to authenticity of the NFT. How does that help? Proving authenticity of the NFT is easier than proving authenticity of the card? The latter involves intimate knowledge of the properties of the card, and the former just involves looking at the NFT and seeing whether the first owner/issuer was the publisher.
  - gspr 5y ago
    "Looking at the NFT"? You still need to tie the card to the NFT...

gspr 5y ago

> If you own a rare card and damage it or lose the physical version, it's okay because the publisher will send you a new one for a small fee. Is this a real issue? > On top of this, it acts as proof of authenticity; if someone's trying to sell a rare card, instead of the buyer having to figure out whether it's a fake, the seller just has to prove ownership of the NFT and ideally the publisher would maintain a catalog of valid NFTs. This just shifts the burden to authenticity of the NFT. How does that help?

Jarwain 5y ago
> Is this a real issue? In a sense? It's an issue that there are a number of solutions for, from card sleeves to just being super careful. Having this possibility available would probably hurt the industry around protecting cards. > This just shifts the burden to authenticity of the NFT. How does that help? Proving authenticity of the NFT is easier than proving authenticity of the card? The latter involves intimate knowledge of the properties of the card, and the former just involves looking at the NFT and seeing whether the first owner/issuer was the publisher.
- gspr 5y ago
  "Looking at the NFT"? You still need to tie the card to the NFT...