TL;DR: to NFTs and eSports

  • Toes♀@ani.social
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    4 months ago

    I remember when NFTs first appeared. I misunderstood their purpose thinking they were a clever way to transfer intellectual property rights for something. Only to later learn that it’s basically poop, completely worthless.

    • TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee
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      4 months ago

      I think it’s a cool idea with awful implementations. Rather than turning the idea into a solution for something existing, everyone and their mother decided to create a fake problem instead.

      • jballs
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        4 months ago

        And thus the problem with every make company and AI right now.

    • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      4 months ago

      they were a clever way to transfer intellectual property rights for something.

      NFTs are a clever way to transfer intellectual property rights for something.

      It’s just that the something is worthless… And IP is imaginary.