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Really? I've personally yet to see or hear of a valid use-case that isn't overpriced jpegs. I'd love to know what those valid use cases are.

by mkdirp 5y ago

dmitriid 5y ago
You will never get an answer to that
- birracerveza 5y ago
  You will never get an answer if you're unwilling to hear the answers.
  - dmitriid 5y ago
    If only anyone would actually give satisfactory answers. And not wave hands and add "because blockchain".
    - birracerveza 5y ago
      Except I did, and your answer was "Yeah but you don't need blockchain for that!", which further confirms that you don't want to hear answers.
birracerveza 5y ago
In-game digital items, tickets, reservations, certificates, coupons, keys, and many more use cases that haven't even been thought of yet because the technology has been around for barely ~4 years and is just now starting to see people to actually notice the potential in it, and the infrastructure to support it is finally maturing enough to realize that potential. Remember that you only see overpriced JPEGs and the outrage about it because that's where the money (and hype, and marketing) is, but that doesn´t mean that people aren't using them to build other stuff. You need to give time for actually useful dapps to actually pop up, as opposed to just slapping a price on an image and calling it a day.
- dmitriid 5y ago
  > In-game digital items, tickets, reservations, certificates, coupons, keys, and many more use cases Literally none of these require blockchains. And literally none of these are aided in any way, shape, or form by NFTs. For tickets specifically I already had this conversation recently, see my two responses here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29282931 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29282931 > but that doesn´t mean that people aren't using them to build other stuff. The question still stands: do show us this "other stuff" so that it actually requires this tech. > You need to give time for actually useful dapps to actually pop up, as opposed to just slapping a price on an image and calling it a day. Dapps have been around for 8 years now. So...
  - birracerveza 5y ago
    We don't need to use cars to get to places, so why do we use them? And no, dapps have been around for 8 years but essential infrastructure to allow for complex ones has been popping up only in the last year or so. (see https://thegraph.com https://thegraph.com)
    - dmitriid 5y ago
      > We don't need to use cars to get to places Yup. Because all crypto and blockchains are the Internet, and cars, and all other great inventions. Even if all signs point to them being the next Juicero, Enron and AT&T ISIS Mobile Wallet. > but There's always a "but", isn't there? > Except I did, and your answer was "Yeah but you don't need blockchain for that!", which further confirms that you don't want to hear answers. Oh no. I do want to hear answers. What you don't want to hear is valid questions and criticisms. Your "answers" for "useful applications for NFT" are literally just a list if things that don't require NFTs (or are made worse by them) and a car analogy. As always with crypto peddlers, I might add.
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Really? I've personally yet to see or hear of a valid use-case that isn't overpriced jpegs. I'd love to know what those valid use cases are.

by mkdirp 5y ago

Really? I've personally yet to see or hear of a valid use-case that isn't overpriced jpegs. I'd love to know what those valid use cases are.

dmitriid 5y ago

You will never get an answer to that

birracerveza 5y ago
You will never get an answer if you're unwilling to hear the answers.
- dmitriid 5y ago
  If only anyone would actually give satisfactory answers. And not wave hands and add "because blockchain".
  - birracerveza 5y ago
    Except I did, and your answer was "Yeah but you don't need blockchain for that!", which further confirms that you don't want to hear answers.

birracerveza 5y ago

In-game digital items, tickets, reservations, certificates, coupons, keys, and many more use cases that haven't even been thought of yet because the technology has been around for barely ~4 years and is just now starting to see people to actually notice the potential in it, and the infrastructure to support it is finally maturing enough to realize that potential. Remember that you only see overpriced JPEGs and the outrage about it because that's where the money (and hype, and marketing) is, but that doesn´t mean that people aren't using them to build other stuff. You need to give time for actually useful dapps to actually pop up, as opposed to just slapping a price on an image and calling it a day.

dmitriid 5y ago
> In-game digital items, tickets, reservations, certificates, coupons, keys, and many more use cases Literally none of these require blockchains. And literally none of these are aided in any way, shape, or form by NFTs. For tickets specifically I already had this conversation recently, see my two responses here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29282931 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29282931 > but that doesn´t mean that people aren't using them to build other stuff. The question still stands: do show us this "other stuff" so that it actually requires this tech. > You need to give time for actually useful dapps to actually pop up, as opposed to just slapping a price on an image and calling it a day. Dapps have been around for 8 years now. So...
- birracerveza 5y ago
  We don't need to use cars to get to places, so why do we use them? And no, dapps have been around for 8 years but essential infrastructure to allow for complex ones has been popping up only in the last year or so. (see https://thegraph.com https://thegraph.com)
  - dmitriid 5y ago
    > We don't need to use cars to get to places Yup. Because all crypto and blockchains are the Internet, and cars, and all other great inventions. Even if all signs point to them being the next Juicero, Enron and AT&T ISIS Mobile Wallet. > but There's always a "but", isn't there? > Except I did, and your answer was "Yeah but you don't need blockchain for that!", which further confirms that you don't want to hear answers. Oh no. I do want to hear answers. What you don't want to hear is valid questions and criticisms. Your "answers" for "useful applications for NFT" are literally just a list if things that don't require NFTs (or are made worse by them) and a car analogy. As always with crypto peddlers, I might add.
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