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Is metaverse the new blockchain? As in a bit ambiguous, bit misunderstood technology that has the ability to attach itself to other ideas, making them "all new"
by exitb 5y ago
Is metaverse the new blockchain? As in a bit ambiguous, bit misunderstood technology that has the ability to attach itself to other ideas, making them "all new". We started out with blockchain money, but then got blockchain contracts, blockchain voting, reviews, art, whether it made sense or not. It kind of feels like Facebook wants to own the next cool pop-tech idea that will work as a money vacuum for all kinds of things that could get "metaversed", whatever that may mean.
- wasmitnetzen 5y agoAt least the blockchain hype, terrible as it is, was somewhat organically grown and not just hyped up by a PR team of a single company.
- zerocrates 5y agoWorse, they are combined together. Look into the average "metaverse" hype and you're likely to see NFTs/crypto floating somewhere around there too. Partially this is just that it's still a major buzzword and so buzzword soup things will just have both because why not? But the (well, a) big problem for blockchain has always been the interface with the real world, so I suppose it's natural for it to be quite enthusiastically paired with the idea of a parallel digital world.