Re:Ubisoft deleted account with hundreds of dollars’ worth o...
by vbezhenar on Monday December 27, 2021 @07:18AM
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Ubisoft could generate some XML with list of games and sign it with their private key with known certificate. This XML is proof of purchase that you can back up and import into other stores. All it takes is some cooperation between stores. You don't need blockchain, it's basic public key cryptography.
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Re:Ubisoft deleted account with hundreds of dollars’ worth o...
by grumbel on Monday December 27, 2021 @07:23AM
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That does not allow selling your used games or transferring them to another person.
Re:Ubisoft deleted account with hundreds of dollars’ worth o...
by TimJRobinson on Monday December 27, 2021 @09:50AM
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And Dropbox could be replicated with a couple of servers and rsync...
There's a lot more complexity to building a global game/item reselling marketplace than proving ownership once.
NFTs give a consistent, 100% uptime, permissionless, platform where the APIs never change and participants don't get bored and turn off their "xml signing server" because it's not profitable any more.