MynameisAllenWho could have seen this coming
When I first learned about NFTs I figured I was simply too stupid to understand it. There was simply no way it was as dumb as it sounded.
Turns out I was right, it was way, way dumber than it sounded.
nexguyThere are lots of legitimate but boring uses of NFTs, just not the kind that make the news like pictures of monkeys.
JohnI’ve sold some photos as NFTs 🤷♀️, and I’ve bought some art from well known people like sabet and ame72.
It’s not as ridiculous as people make it sound. It’s just these headlines of the most ridiculous examples sets people’s perception of the tech. It’s really not much different than patreon or something, except the creator doesn’t get totally screwed.
I’ve sold some photos as NFTs 🤷♀️, and I’ve bought some art from well known people like sabet and ame72.
You did not sell photos or buy art as NFTs. You might have sold photos and bought art and also received pointers to the receipts as NFTs.
In your opinion, how is that functionally different than when I sold photos on DeviantArt, and they got an email instead of a token? Are NFT-haters upset that art is being sold at all? Or are they upset about the delivery system?
bought art and also given out/received pointers to the receipts as NFTs.
I have NFTs with assets on chain as well, so in fact those ones aren’t just “pointers”.
Are NFT-haters upset that art is being sold at all? Or are they upset about the delivery system?
I don’t have a problem with selling art. I don’t have a problem with people using NFTs if it really makes sense for them.
I do have a problem with people claiming NFTs will solve this or that problem and without fail, every single time when you ask for detail about how that is supposed to work and be better than established ways to solve the problem you get either more nebulous claims that don’t mean anything or some variation of “I don’t understand it, but it will somehow still work, just trust me bro”.
You did not say anything nebulous, someone else in this thread did. Sorry that got mixed up.
Also, looking at another one of your comments I guess I have to take back the part where I claimed “every single time, without fail” people would not deliver an actual explanation of their point.
It’s always a catch 22 with crypto-skeptics, in my experience. I try to be vague enough so people simply understand the use cases and why there’s excitement for the tech, but then if I get too technical it “gets nebulous” since there’s lots of jargon. Very difficult to find the middle ground. In most cases, simply using the tech will clear up 99% of people’s questions … at least that’s how I got into it as a former skeptic myself.