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Re:The collapse of cryptokitties, the first big blockchain game by thrown_22 on Thursday September 15, 2022 @08:46PM (#32860524)
I hate it so much that you've outlined a very viable use of a blockchain.
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Re:The collapse of cryptokitties, the first big blockchain game by polygamous_bat on Thursday September 15, 2022 @09:39PM (#32860969)
Now think about whether anything at all would be amiss if "the blockchain" were to be replaced by a good old trusted database.
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Re:The collapse of cryptokitties, the first big blockchain game by thrown_22 on Friday September 16, 2022 @09:31AM (#32865826)
What happens when someone turns off the database?
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Re:The collapse of cryptokitties, the first big blockchain game by eaurouge on Thursday September 15, 2022 @09:12PM (#32860739)
The obvious question would be why do you hate it so much. I can't recall the viability of any piece of technology affecting me so negatively. We create technology to solve problems. Even if you can't think of a reason why some technology should exist, I can't imagine why it should elicit such strong emotions.
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Re:The collapse of cryptokitties, the first big blockchain game by thrown_22 on Thursday September 15, 2022 @09:23PM (#32860831)
The CO2 footprint for one.
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Re:The collapse of cryptokitties, the first big blockchain game by bo1024 on Thursday September 15, 2022 @10:03PM (#32861182)
You're a day late with that argument... https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/09/15/1059520/the-merg...
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Re:The collapse of cryptokitties, the first big blockchain game by thrown_22 on Thursday September 15, 2022 @11:04PM (#32861596)
So bitcoin has moved to proof of stake?
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Re:The collapse of cryptokitties, the first big blockchain game by LudwigNagasena on Friday September 16, 2022 @01:27AM (#32862435)
Bitcoin doesn’t even have smart contracts. How is it relevant?
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Re:The collapse of cryptokitties, the first big blockchain game by thrown_22 on Friday September 16, 2022 @03:30AM (#32863203)
Is it not a blockchain technology?
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Re:The collapse of cryptokitties, the first big blockchain game by LudwigNagasena on Friday September 16, 2022 @03:43AM (#32863299)
It is, however, not the blockchain technology.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_fallacy

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Re:The collapse of cryptokitties, the first big blockchain game by thrown_22 on Friday September 16, 2022 @04:00AM (#32863411)
And yet it causes more climate change than Scotland.
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Re:The collapse of cryptokitties, the first big blockchain game by bo1024 on Friday September 16, 2022 @11:21AM (#32867297)
The entire thread is about Ethereum...
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Re:The collapse of cryptokitties, the first big blockchain game by secretsatan on Friday September 16, 2022 @07:09AM (#32864562)
I doubt it, they just hid the dirty little secret that everyone putting up the stake will now mine it on another chain
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Re:The collapse of cryptokitties, the first big blockchain game by MrPatan on Friday September 16, 2022 @02:57AM (#32862973)
(Pssst, you're supposed to move the goalposts to "inequality")
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