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Re:Making Sense of Web3 by dmitriid on Thursday March 17, 2022 @06:20PM (#30716515)
> even within CoD it's still possible to have tradable items from lootboxes.

Yes, it is. What do cryptocurrencies or web3 or other random crap has to do with them?

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Re:Making Sense of Web3 by exdsq on Thursday March 17, 2022 @07:45PM (#30717100)
Well for one, it lets you have a store with txs and accounts for free with little code! It’s like a framework for money, and would let you trade items across games so for example I could buy a gun in CoD for a party hat in RuneScape or whatever.
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Re:Making Sense of Web3 by dmitriid on Friday March 18, 2022 @03:33AM (#30719501)
> lets you have a store with txs and accounts for free

1. Not for free

2. This doesn't even begin to answer my question.

> I could buy a gun in CoD for a party hat in RuneScape or whatever.

No, you couldn't. Explained here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30708290

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