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Sure, but why would anyone want that? Why would I want to buy and sell access to some entry in a registry that ultimately means nothing?
by AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
Sure, but why would anyone want that? Why would I want to buy and sell access to some entry in a registry that ultimately means nothing?
- capableweb 5y agoThat's besides the point. Why anything? I'm not gonna pretend to understand high-art, because I don't, but apparently some people see value in it, so who am I to question what they value? To be honest, I don't see much value in the current Images-as-NFTs hype either, but again, who am I to judge what people spend their money on? I also thought the same about Bitcoin initially, but after a while saw value in it myself too. When it comes to NFTs as a concept though, I think they can be applied better than what people are currently doing. SaaS licenses that can be resold for example is one interesting use case.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago> That's besides the point. Why anything? I mean, ok, if we're going to engage in some form of economic nihilism then I guess we can say anything is valuable. Q-Ray Bracelets, faith healing, and star registries included. Tulip bulbs really can be "worth" a fortune. But that's not a very useful premise for discussion. What people are arguing over is whether or not there is any non-woo value to be associated with these things. > When it comes to NFTs as a concept though, I think they can be applied better than what people are currently doing. I'm not convinced. I keep hearing people say this but I have yet to hear even one idea that can't be done better by other, older, non-hyped technologies. > SaaS licenses that can be resold for example is one interesting use case. Case in point: we can do this just fine today, but we don't because there's no reason for an SaaS provider to want to do that.