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Re:‘Extortion’: Why Web3 is making a lot of software develop... by Gigachad on Friday May 20, 2022 @02:40AM (#31444090)
Loaning items sounds like at most a weeks worth of work. Building in blockchain technology sounds like months worth of work.

All of this works better and faster on a normal database. All of the additional features marketed are just the removal of intentional restrictions by the developers. Why would the developers want to give up this power and if they did, they could do it without blockchains.

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Re:‘Extortion’: Why Web3 is making a lot of software develop... by burnoot on Friday May 20, 2022 @02:46AM (#31444124)
> Loaning items sounds like at most a weeks worth of work.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224

Loaning is just one potential use. The idea is that if you were to put ownership of items on a blockchain then you open up your game to all the external tools/marketplaces that have been built.

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Re:‘Extortion’: Why Web3 is making a lot of software develop... by Nursie on Friday May 20, 2022 @03:18AM (#31444304)
Who on earth is going to put ownership of game items on a blockchain?

There's a huge difference between "I own a level 28 sword of whacking in this game" and "I own the copyright to this level 28 sword of whacking and all the art-assets related to it".

I can't see many game designers selling the copyrights along with their fancy outfits, frankly.

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