NFT's aren't the answer to the problems of digital art

Re:NFT's aren't the answer to the problems of digital art by andrewxhonson on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @09:34AM (#29162247)

Those exchanges with NFT's don't do anything different from storing that ownership information in a normal database, do they? The novelty in the situations you propose would be that the general public can verify ownership.

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Re:NFT's aren't the answer to the problems of digital art by AlexandrB on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @09:43AM (#29162365)

You can do this too already. IIRC there's a web-based character viewer for WoW that lets you see equipment/stats/etc. I'm not sure what NFTs add here other than the remote possibility that you will be able to use the same NFT in a different game. The chance of this happening across franchises is vanishingly remote in my opinion though.

Using NFTs for loot like this also gives a great excuse for publishers to make more games online-only, which is a net-negative as far as I'm concerned.

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Re:NFT's aren't the answer to the problems of digital art by nikanj on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @09:39AM (#29162308)

And how is that any different from WoW Armory and similar open-to-public portals that let you check the gear for a player?

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