It is difficult for the average person to conceive of how useless NFTs are

Re:It is difficult for the average person to conceive of how... by nradov on Monday January 10, 2022 @10:08AM (#29875944)

I subscribe to a couple private podcast feeds. I paid for those with a regular credit card, no NFT or cryptocurrency needed.

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Re:It is difficult for the average person to conceive of how... by udbhavs on Monday January 10, 2022 @10:24AM (#29876213)

Yes, but what if the podcasters wanted to give you a special episode or discount for, let's say, buying their latest course on Udemy? You can set up a flow using private posts on both platforms by figuring a way of giving out promo codes or gift cards, but the implementation basically comes down to "Show me a receipt" - and that's exactly what NFTs happen to be.

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Re:It is difficult for the average person to conceive of how... by mad182 on Monday January 10, 2022 @11:25AM (#29877204)

Udemy can sign a receipt with a simple cryptographic key. But what's the benefit of blockchain here?

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