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Re:It is difficult for the average person to conceive of how... by donarb on Monday January 10, 2022 @09:48AM (#29875601)
Here's an example of an NFT use in the real world. The NFL (football league) has started fazing out selling real paper tickets to fans. You buy a ticket digitally and the barcode is scanned on your phone. Back in the days, fans liked to have a paper ticket they could have to remember the event, maybe their birthday or some record breaking play happened. The NFL is now selling commemorative paper tickets for a specific game to fans that is essentially an NFT. The fan had to have purchased the actual ticket and attended in order to buy the commemorative ticket.
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Re:It is difficult for the average person to conceive of how... by criddell on Monday January 10, 2022 @09:50AM (#29875624)
What part of that requires a blockchain NFT? I just took a flight this weekend and had a ticket on my phone that let me on the plane. Is that different?
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Re:It is difficult for the average person to conceive of how... by bbarnett on Monday January 10, 2022 @09:56AM (#29875730)
Average people may think "wow, I won't ever lose it", for they have no backup strategy?

(only thing I could think of)

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Re:It is difficult for the average person to conceive of how... by mschuster91 on Monday January 10, 2022 @10:06AM (#29875910)
In that case, given that plane tickets are bound to a specific person, you walk up to the counter, identify with your passport/drivers license, request a replacement ticket and that's it.
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Re:It is difficult for the average person to conceive of how... by alkonaut on Monday January 10, 2022 @09:55AM (#29875726)
What are they selling? Paper or digital? And how is it an NFT?
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Re:It is difficult for the average person to conceive of how... by spywaregorilla on Monday January 10, 2022 @09:57AM (#29875751)
The difference is that the fans actually get a ticket.
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