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As a gamer, I can fully understand cosmetic items as sort of pricey micro-expansions. I still don't understand NFTs. How do you show off an NFT? I'm imagining p

• throw_nbvc1234 5y ago
  Social media (twitter), dating apps, job site profiles (skill accreditation NFT's), "metaverses" (probably overlaps with social media), the ability to even get into a given group chat (NFT required for access). Just think of NFT's as a digital receipt (incl. tickets or club membership), certificates and then think of use-cases where proving that you have one of those would be useful. Of course you can argue that the entire blockchain aspect isn't necessary but that's a different conversation. Or if this is a good thing or not.
• hn8788 5y ago
  I think NFTs are mostly a scam, but I could see people showing them off in some sort of centralized "gallery" type of game. It'd be like how people show off their islands in Animal Crossing, except you could show off the artwork and other things you collected. There's way too many hurdles to make it viable, but I can see a hypothetical way that people could show them off like real collectibles. Another thing I thought would be useful in games, but unlikely to ever happen, is using NFTs to track ownership of in-game cosmetics. That way cosmetics you get from known e-sports pros could be worth more than cosmetics you purchased from whatever store, the same a pair of Michael Jordan's shoes he wore during a game is more of a collectible than buying the equivalent shoes from Footlocker.