• PP_GIRL_@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Crypto =/= blockchain.

    If you can’t see the utility of blockchain with regards to things like actual, verifiable digital ownership, then I don’t know what to tell you.

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      6 months ago

      I want to see what you mean in practical terms, because the only other example that I know besides questionable crypto currencies is NFTs and that was an epic lesson on what not to do. 😅

      • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        No, NFTs do have good uses, but things like image NFTs are just a misappropriation, like SPAM is to email.

        One use case, is clear, independently verifiable ownership of non-tangible things, like Intellectual Property rights. Movie rights for a book adaptation for instance moving between companies in IP sales and mergers/acquisitions.

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          And it’s ALWAYS the same problem. You can have all the lists you want. A central authority has to recognize and enforce that list. At which point, the structure of your list is completely irrelevant. It could be ANY list. What matters is that it’s chosen to be enforced. And currently, most power structures are happy with plain old databases. Or pen and paper.

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    6 months ago

    Y’all prefer to have the government and banks in charge of money instead? seriously?

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      6 months ago

      What I don’t want in charge, is a shadowy cabal of a few rich people only bound to the maximization of their own profit.

      I’m not paying extra to remove what little democratic control there is in the existing system.

  • alekwithak@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    No one is ever concerned with how much energy is used to feed ads to the entire population of earth 24/7.