Jonty WareingFeb 16

Five years ago I pointed out nearly all NFT's were going to break when the startup who minted them goes bust, causing people to get *extremely* mad at me until everyone concluded that I was correct.

Thought I'd check in on the two examples I used and well

Show threadJonty WareingFeb 16

"For these NFTs, we will continue to host this metadata in perpetuity"

"Please know that all NFTs minted on any MakersPlace contract will be safe and live on"

Mate, you didn't even manage to last five years. "Perpetuity" is quite a lot longer than your next VC round runway.

Show threadNicroFeb 16
@jonty Reminds me of the companies, that promise to preserve your body/head until science figures out how to thaw living people. Those went the same way. 
Show threadRay McCarthyFeb 16
@Nicro @jonty
Maybe you might eventually be able to thaw carefully frozen living people (though a form of hibernation seems more likely for space voyages), but resuscitating dead people from just a head where the brain cells are destroyed by freezing is fantasy. Not even SF.
Show threadPasswordsarehard4
@raymaccarthy @Nicro @jonty objection! fantasy is thawing yourself out after being blasted by a frost dragon. Dead people’s heads in jars is firmly in in SF as clearly depicted in Futurama.
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Show threadRay McCarthyFeb 16
@passwordsarehard4 @Nicro @jonty
Also in "That Hideous Strength".
Can be SF or Fantasy, but not serious SF.