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Re:Charlie Bit My Finger video to be taken off YouTube after... by rsj_hn on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @03:01PM (#27280931)
Or really trusting anyone who downloaded it and reposted it, etc. This is not about scarcity but about a certificate of authenticity that you can show around. The actual good is worthless, the certificate is what is hard to forge.
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Re:Charlie Bit My Finger video to be taken off YouTube after... by basch on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @03:06PM (#27281006)
Correct, downloading and reposting the photo isnt the same thing, and not really a part of the conversation. Youre buying the print number, not the work.
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Re:Charlie Bit My Finger video to be taken off YouTube after... by mattigames on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @05:10PM (#27282712)
You are buying the print number in a specific blockchain, tomorrow anyone can create a few thousand blockchains from scratch where this print number doesn't exist; just like one has to believe a currency has value to assume any value on one of its coins/tokens.
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