• msage@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    I dislike this take to much.

    First of all, crypto doesn’t protect you from scams, just look around you.

    If you get ‘one true crypto’, you get locked in by its architecture, and there’s always someone who controls said architecture. The chain is decentralized, but the core is not.

    Also, tickets are controlled almost exclusively by a central authority, which owns the venues, so there is no way in hell they will let you keep a ledger of every purchase of every ticket. It’s better for them to keep it concealed.

    There is so much bullshit in the crypto hype, it’s almost funny.

    If you want to put crypto anywhere, do the stock market first, and then get back to me.

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      I never claimed made a claim that it protected you from scams. I said it can’t be counterfeited.

      I really don’t want a “one true crypto”. I think different blockchains can serve different purposes.

      And as far as ticketing goes, yes the centralized authority (let’s say Disney for example) would set a max amount of tickets (nfts) to be sold/minted and they would be distributed to wallets as they are sold. Nobody else would have a way to alter or counterfeit fake tickets.

      I can totally understand all the hate for crypto though. I mean… I’m a gamer and bought my graphics card during the peak of crypto mining. Was I happy? Hell no. I had a deep hate for crypto at the time… But I decided to dig deeper into what the rage was about. Using actual crypto wallets and interacting with Dapps was quite eye opening to what the future web could be like.

      But I’m also with you that crypto needs some form of regulation, but imo crypto and stocks are not the same. If anything NFTs would be more like stocks/shares.

      One of the biggest hurdles, like you’ve mentioned, is that a good portion of the space is full of ponzis/scams. But there are a handful out there who truly care and are trying to pave the way and build up a new way to interact with others. I assure you there’s more to it than just scams and jpeg trading. It can be pretty neat when you see what’s possible.

      Sorry to take up so much of your time with my second ramble but you raised some good points. Cheers

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        I said it can’t be counterfeited.

        Lmao how big a problem are counterfeit tickets? Because Ticketek seems pretty happy with what they are currently doing.

        Sorry to burst your bubble but crypto & NFTs are never going mainstream. They are already past the peak, and failed spectacularly.

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          Never said it was a problem… Just saying its a better solution. That’s okay though… Saving this comment and will tag you during the next crypto bull run when the hype is back 😘

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            Lmao yeh I wouldn’t be surprised if it had another run at the ATH high, backed by shady organizations lkke Binance and imaginary Tether dollars lol

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        You need to teach people how to verify that their purchase for not counterfeited. Since the bar is not techological, and never will be.

        We had way back when a ‘web of trust’, that actually solved a lot more problems than crypto ever did. But people never understood it, so it never got mainstream adoption.

        If you don’t know a thing about stock market then it makes sense you could suggest NFTs for it, but you can actually divide shares into fractions.

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          I merely use nfts as an example because they are closer to what a stock would be than a coin itself. They are not the same though. I was not making that claim.

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            A non-fungible token (NFT) is a unique digital identifier that is recorded on a blockchain, and is used to certify ownership and authenticity. It cannot be copied, substituted, or subdivided.

            So just… no.

            You mentioned elsewhere that people attack you instead of approaching you in a discussion.

            And it’s very hard when you seem to misunderstand very basic facts. Which is why people might not be interested in what you might have to say.

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              You’ve said nothing that dismisses anything I’ve said. I’m fully aware of what an nft is. Nft mints are used to fund projects in order to build whatever it is they are proposing. It’s not that complicated

              And you obviously came here to fight, not discuss shit, so fuck off