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The best way I can describe my project to you is the difference between owning a room and owning a picture of a room. You cannot enter the room, only see it fro

The best way I can describe my project to you is the difference between owning a room and owning a picture of a room. You cannot enter the room, only see it from a static angle based on the picture. This is the fundamental difference between what my project can do and what a static image does. My service does not interact with the PNG, it interacts with the space that my program generated, and took a picture of. The user can connect their wallet, select their art, and explore the "room" generated with it. To do this in web2 infra, like I said, is a much more complicated problem and would involve probably non-user friendly DRM. It's simply a different technology, and really if you don't understand it I hope there are more projects out there that come out in the next year that change your mind. You can write off my project as a get rich quick scheme, but that is from a point of ignorance from someone that probably hasn't tried to create something on their own and market it. I'm creating a project, charging a very reasonable price, for interactive art. I don't really care about your opinion on if you think I'm trying to make money for providing a product.

AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
> The best way I can describe my project to you is the difference between owning a room and owning a picture of a room. You cannot enter the room, only see it from a static angle based on the picture. You already said this, and as I mentioned you do not need, nor can I see why anyone would want, a decentralized trustless blockchain-backed token for this. > To do this in web2 infra, like I said, is a much more complicated problem and would involve probably non-user friendly DRM. No it wouldn't, it just requires certificates and maybe accounts if you want a backup in case people lose their certificates. Or you could use the accounts without the certificates. Millions and millions of services provide "access to a virtual room" or the equivalent already today without ever touching a blockchain. Besides which, what are you describing if not Digital Rights Management? Don't pretend that NFTs aren't the same damn artificial scarcity nonsense in a hip new garb. > You can write off my project as a get rich quick scheme, but that is from a point of ignorance from someone that probably hasn't tried to create something on their own and market it. I have, and I wasn't any good at it, but that's irrelevant. The point is that the only reason you seem to want to use an NFT is so you can get paid for it, presumably because NFTs are hip and sexy and traditional infrastructure doing the same thing for millions of online services isn't. You're praying on people falling for the hype. You have not explained specifically in what ways an NFT gives you a better ability to do what you're doing than traditional solutions, other than to simply assert that it does. > I don't really care about your opinion on if you think I'm trying to make money for providing a product. I don't bemoan people trying to make money on a product. But I do, in fact, look down on people trying to take advantage of a hype bubble and push FOMO by pretending like it is some kind of revolution.
- shiohime 5y ago
  Really man, if you think that me charging $20 for a unique product that you actually don't know anything about other than the few sentences I've explained here to you is preying on people, I don't care to bother discussing this any further. You're entitled to your opinions of course, but do note that I'm trying to provide a creative art project that would have been much more of a pain in the ass to create in web 2. Please, just believe me when I say that I'm an engineer that is exploring the space to try and do something independent and something I personally find cool. If I wanted to make money quick, I would have made a shitty PFP apes collection 3 months ago and charged half an ETH per mint. I decided to try and create a unique product, and also explore an emerging space.
  - AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
    > Please, just believe me Yeah, see, this is why I can't take you seriously. Everything I ask for an explanation on is all "trust me bro, I can't explain because um...". Yeah, that's how scammers talk, buddy. You can't even tell me why and how are NFTs better than the alternatives. That seems like something any engineer should be able to do: explain the merits and reasoning behind their choices. I can only see two possibilities: You don't want to admit the answer, or you don't know the answer. You seem like a reasonably intelligent person, so I can only assume the former. If you just use an NFT because you think it is cool, fine, whatever. Just don't go pretending it is revolutionary when you can't back up that assertion with any kind of explanation.
    - shiohime 5y ago
      Literally, just go fuck yourself. You're so completely full of shit I'm tired of interacting with you. At least you live up to your username. Fuck off.

AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago

> The best way I can describe my project to you is the difference between owning a room and owning a picture of a room. You cannot enter the room, only see it from a static angle based on the picture. You already said this, and as I mentioned you do not need, nor can I see why anyone would want, a decentralized trustless blockchain-backed token for this. > To do this in web2 infra, like I said, is a much more complicated problem and would involve probably non-user friendly DRM. No it wouldn't, it just requires certificates and maybe accounts if you want a backup in case people lose their certificates. Or you could use the accounts without the certificates. Millions and millions of services provide "access to a virtual room" or the equivalent already today without ever touching a blockchain. Besides which, what are you describing if not Digital Rights Management? Don't pretend that NFTs aren't the same damn artificial scarcity nonsense in a hip new garb. > You can write off my project as a get rich quick scheme, but that is from a point of ignorance from someone that probably hasn't tried to create something on their own and market it. I have, and I wasn't any good at it, but that's irrelevant. The point is that the only reason you seem to want to use an NFT is so you can get paid for it, presumably because NFTs are hip and sexy and traditional infrastructure doing the same thing for millions of online services isn't. You're praying on people falling for the hype. You have not explained specifically in what ways an NFT gives you a better ability to do what you're doing than traditional solutions, other than to simply assert that it does. > I don't really care about your opinion on if you think I'm trying to make money for providing a product. I don't bemoan people trying to make money on a product. But I do, in fact, look down on people trying to take advantage of a hype bubble and push FOMO by pretending like it is some kind of revolution.

shiohime 5y ago
Really man, if you think that me charging $20 for a unique product that you actually don't know anything about other than the few sentences I've explained here to you is preying on people, I don't care to bother discussing this any further. You're entitled to your opinions of course, but do note that I'm trying to provide a creative art project that would have been much more of a pain in the ass to create in web 2. Please, just believe me when I say that I'm an engineer that is exploring the space to try and do something independent and something I personally find cool. If I wanted to make money quick, I would have made a shitty PFP apes collection 3 months ago and charged half an ETH per mint. I decided to try and create a unique product, and also explore an emerging space.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
  > Please, just believe me Yeah, see, this is why I can't take you seriously. Everything I ask for an explanation on is all "trust me bro, I can't explain because um...". Yeah, that's how scammers talk, buddy. You can't even tell me why and how are NFTs better than the alternatives. That seems like something any engineer should be able to do: explain the merits and reasoning behind their choices. I can only see two possibilities: You don't want to admit the answer, or you don't know the answer. You seem like a reasonably intelligent person, so I can only assume the former. If you just use an NFT because you think it is cool, fine, whatever. Just don't go pretending it is revolutionary when you can't back up that assertion with any kind of explanation.
  - shiohime 5y ago
    Literally, just go fuck yourself. You're so completely full of shit I'm tired of interacting with you. At least you live up to your username. Fuck off.