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Re:NFT's aren't the answer to the problems of digital art by toolz on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @09:27AM (#29162150)
There was more artwork stolen last year than crypto. That's a single category of theft.

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/94627-19b-in-crypt...

https://www.infoplease.com/culture-entertainment/art-archite...

Here's another physical asset theft category that says 1/3 americans have experienced - something tells me you're also wrong about how many people have been stolen from as well.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/10/package-theft-how-amazon-goo...

Re:NFT's aren't the answer to the problems of digital art by moron4hire on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @10:27AM (#29162950)
Ok, so you're comparing absolute numbers between things in different categories and with wildly different liquidity levels. And then I don't get how comparing NFTs to "leaving valuable packages completely unsecured outside" is supposed to help your case. And if we believe 1/3rd is accurate, the easiest crime of theft on the planet is only getting us to 1/3rd? Last time I checked, 1/3rd was significantly less than 1/2. Generally, when people say "most", they mean "50%, plus at least one person".

This is why I've muted "NFT" on Twitter. You can't get answers out of proponents without them massively shifting the goal posts.

Re:NFT's aren't the answer to the problems of digital art by toolz on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @10:45AM (#29163234)
Weren't you just suggesting more hacking attempts happen against NFTs because they're accessible and now you're saying package deliveries are more exposed to theft and so the comparison is unfair?

I agree these comparisons aren't perfect, but I certainly wasn't trying to move the goalposts - I am trying to understand how you've not done just moved the goalposts yourself, though.

Re:NFT's aren't the answer to the problems of digital art by Ensorceled on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @07:55AM (#29174120)
"Looted" art was not stolen off somebodies wall. It was taken by "explorers", occupiers, colonizers, Nazi's etc. That is a terrible link for this discussion.