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Post by Tonka (π,πͺ€) on Dec 22, 2021 11:41:41 GMT
Crypto ushers in a new era of decentralisation and liberalism!
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Post by Tonka (π,πͺ€) on Dec 22, 2021 11:44:17 GMT
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Post by khanivor on Dec 22, 2021 18:14:13 GMT
I like the idea of Web3, where only landowners get to vote
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Post by Jambowayoh on Dec 22, 2021 20:16:44 GMT
...I just don't care. They're all fucking morons. |
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Post by GigaChad Sigma. on Dec 22, 2021 20:48:18 GMT
It's bang on the money.
The stories that get pumped out about Crypto and NFTs being the gateway to some egalitarian future is pure marketing.
Only the other day there was a run of articles on tech staff abandoning big tech companies to join Web3 startups.
It's nothing to do with being a noble cause, all these start ups are funded by massive VC's and everyone is in it to make as much money as possible before it all collapses.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Dec 22, 2021 20:54:37 GMT
Oh I totally agree, I just don't care enough about all these crypto bros going on like they're changing the world
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Post by GigaChad Sigma. on Dec 22, 2021 21:01:03 GMT
It's good to see him calling it out, bit odd given how he's super gay for Bitcoin but hey maybe him and Musk can form a tag team and live stream a fights between tech bros.
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Post by Resident Knievel on Dec 22, 2021 21:44:06 GMT
Feels the same as 2017/18 when ICO's were all the rage and people were willing to pump millions in to under-developed nothing coins/scams in the hope they'd pump after launching.
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Post by Tonka (π,πͺ€) on Dec 23, 2021 8:48:07 GMT
It's good to see him calling it out, bit odd given how he's super gay for Bitcoin but hey maybe him and Musk can form a tag team and live stream a fights between tech bros. I think he's pissed off that he don't get to play with the big VCs. Best case scenario is he genuinely believed all the crap that crypto bros are blogging, only to have the veil pulled from his eyes when no one wanted to pump his scheme. |
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Post by Tonka (π,πͺ€) on Dec 23, 2021 8:56:26 GMT
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Post by drhickman1983 on Dec 23, 2021 8:58:19 GMT
I still find the idea that we'll have NFT items in one game that you can transfer to another uttey daft thinking. There's no reason for the devs to support this when they can make more by either making their own NFTs or even just using traditional micro-transactions.
At best you might be able to transfer items between games that are published by a single publisher, or as occasional crossovers, but there already exists perfectly valid centralised databases that can allow this.
There's no real long term benefit to the publisher, and the only reason a few publishers are jumping onboard now is because they can rake in cash by jumping on the buzzwords.
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Post by Tonka (π,πͺ€) on Dec 23, 2021 11:24:06 GMT
Most people that pump crypto don't know much about technology. Those that do, and still pump, only care about making money, so they turn a blind eye to how stupid it all is.
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Post by cubby on Dec 23, 2021 11:27:00 GMT
Well it's all a big MLM isn't it, the game is to make your own crypto/scam so you can be at the top of the pyramid while all the other suckers pile in hoping for a whiff
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Post by Jambowayoh on Jan 2, 2022 19:29:14 GMT
Looks like Square Enix are also getting into the Blockchain and NFT game, cue a really weird letter that shows utter contempt for their customers who 'play games to have fun'.
Also love the typical crypto bro comments on this thread maintaining it will make developers richer, get better working conditions and gamers will have more control. It's all so fucking transparent.
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Post by brokenkey on Jan 2, 2022 19:48:22 GMT
The letter does addresses the point DrHickman raises earlier - if you can link nfts to 3rd party content, either mods or skins (not the fighty types) etc, then nfs provide a way to reward the developers of said mods without the company having to get involved, and still take a cut of the purchase fees.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Jan 2, 2022 19:51:53 GMT
But the small print that everyone misses is that the digital storefront that exists to keep track of said digital purchase lasts only as long as the publisher wants it to. Anyone who thinks a massive corporation wants to the developer and user with power and money is high on the fumes of the pyramid scheme under their noses.
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Post by drhickman1983 on Jan 2, 2022 19:57:16 GMT
The whole idea of web 3 being decentralised is a fantasy, it will just be in the hands of fucking venture capitalists. Not sure if that's actually any better than it being in the hands of a few big tech companies.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Jan 2, 2022 19:59:54 GMT
The whole idea of web 3 being decentralised is a fantasy, it will just be in the hands of fucking venture capitalists. Not sure if that's actually any better than it being in the hands of a few big tech companies. [br Absofuckinglutely |
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Post by khanivor on Jan 2, 2022 23:36:24 GMT
I much prefer the internet to be in the hand of giant companies with boards and shareholders than in the hands of individual multi billionaires answerable to absolutely no one but their own ego.
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Post by drhickman1983 on Jan 2, 2022 23:51:08 GMT
I might be a bit drunk but the whole web 3 proposition, and blockchains and NFTs and all that jazz, is just feeling quite Ayn Randy.
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Post by khanivor on Jan 2, 2022 23:53:52 GMT
Itβs more Bernie Madoff crossed with Gerald Ratner
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Post by Jambowayoh on Jan 2, 2022 23:56:56 GMT
I much prefer the internet to be in the hand of giant companies with boards and shareholders than in the hands of individual multi billionaires answerable to absolutely no one but their own ego. But bro, they wanna make you rich. Bro. |
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Post by khanivor on Jan 2, 2022 23:59:12 GMT
I suppose we can take some solace from the fact that the vast majority of cryptobros arenβt going to leave a mark in the genetic record of the human race
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Post by nazo on Jan 4, 2022 8:24:40 GMT
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Post by DJCopa on Jan 4, 2022 12:13:29 GMT
The rise of NFTs seems similar to the Retro gaming grading system - a lot of noise, and big money being spent by the same people selling to each other to bump the prices up.
edit - Or selling to themselves.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Jan 4, 2022 12:18:04 GMT
Thats exactly what it is. A handful of speculators have spunked a fortune to corner the market and now their job is to convince everyone else what they bought is worth something.
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Post by drhickman1983 on Jan 4, 2022 12:36:32 GMT
Turns out a friend of mine has built a couple of mining rigs for Ethereum. I still like him and consider him a friend but I have to admit I do think slightly less of him now.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2022 12:37:18 GMT
Abe Simpson's "with it" rant gets more and more relevant for me with each passing day.
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Post by drhickman1983 on Jan 4, 2022 12:40:23 GMT
I feel that way about so many things. I actually think we've seen the best the internet has to offer; it feels like the internet and gaming is just going to become and more commodified as the VCs get their claws into. That's certainly their intention anyway.
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Post by dfunked on Jan 4, 2022 12:47:47 GMT
Turns out a friend of mine has built a couple of mining rigs for Ethereum. I still like him and consider him a friend but I have to admit I do think slightly less of him now. Recently or did he build them a while ago? I probably would've years ago if I had a garage or somewhere out of the way to shove a couple of machines. Sod doing it today, though. I would've carried on mining bitcoin back in the day come to think of it. Seem to remember thinking "two months to mine a full coin is a waste, I might as well just sell this stuff while I'm ahead." |
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