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Re:Investors Spent Millions on ‘Evolved Apes’ NFTs. Then The... by trophycase on Saturday October 30, 2021 @01:49PM (#29050801)
That's on your dad for being gullible. NFTs are the future whether you like it or not.

The JPEG/MP4/HTML/(literally any non fungible asset) is the house. The blockchain is city/state. The NFT is the deed to that house. It's really quite simple.

Re:Investors Spent Millions on ‘Evolved Apes’ NFTs. Then The... by skohan on Saturday October 30, 2021 @01:54PM (#29050840)
This is a terrible analogy. A house is a finite asset which only one person can occupy at a time. An infinite number of copies of a JPEG can exist. The city/state has the power to enforce property rights. The blockchain does not. The NFT is just a note in a ledger somewhere which others may or may not respect. It's really quite simple.
Re:Investors Spent Millions on ‘Evolved Apes’ NFTs. Then The... by aceazzameen on Saturday October 30, 2021 @02:02PM (#29050909)
There's so many terrible analogies associated with NFTs and blockchains too. It all comes from their confirmation biases. They're already too invested into it to back out. It's too easy to become blind to any valid criticism, so might as well come up with as many analogies as possible to attempt to gather more recruits and justify their decisions.
Re:Investors Spent Millions on ‘Evolved Apes’ NFTs. Then The... by cryptonym on Saturday October 30, 2021 @02:51PM (#29051319)
It's much more like "buying a star" website.
Re:Investors Spent Millions on ‘Evolved Apes’ NFTs. Then The... by giaour on Saturday October 30, 2021 @02:01PM (#29050899)
A better analogy would be that the blockchain is a filing cabinet. A deed has the force of law because the city/state is prepared to use violence to enforce the ownership claim inscribed on the deed. What authority is going to enforce your NFT?
Re:Investors Spent Millions on ‘Evolved Apes’ NFTs. Then The... by trophycase on Sunday October 31, 2021 @02:22PM (#29059085)
All of the people that use the blockchain as the source of truth and authority enforce it. The question you're asking is literally the same as "what gives bitcoin value". The answer is everyone who believes it has value. Why is TSL/SSL an agreed upon encryption scheme? Because people agreed to use it and you're excluded from access if you don't.

When twitter integrates NFTs and requires you to sign a proof of ownership to set an NFT as a profile picture (with a verification check mark), this effectively signals that twitter is enforcing the NFT. When facebook does the same, it signals that Facebook is enforcing the NFT. When Spotify integrates NFT licensing, they will be enforcing it.