Web3 is centralized and inefficient

Re:Web3 is centralized and inefficient by brazzy on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @04:03AM (#30776139)

> And you need a blockchain for this, to give it the credible neutrality needed for it to be considered something equivalent to real ownership; you can't have it be at the mercy of a single entity.

No, you don't, and yes, you can. And in fact, you yourself say that this is still the case just a few paragraphs earlier:

> People coalesce around this believe, because the edition was released by whoever owns the actual copyright (ideally the artist).

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Re:Web3 is centralized and inefficient by miracle2k on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @04:22AM (#30776243)

You are right, you can, and people have, for example: seditionart.com

I certainly encourage you to buy NFTs on on those centralized websites. Nevertheless, paying for ledger entries representing art didn't really gain popularity before blockchains, so there is that.

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Re:Web3 is centralized and inefficient by brazzy on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @05:21AM (#30776584)

It hasn't "gained popularity", it's a bullshit hype fuelled entirely by scams.

NFTs have zero value and are yet another non-example for the usefulness of blockchains.

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