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Isn't this literally the only thing an NFT guarantees anyway? It is precisely a "non-fungible token" and nothing more.

Anything you can do with a non-fungible piece of paper, you can do with a non-fungible token. Anything you can't do with a non-fungible piece of paper, you can't do with a non-fungible token.

I'm blown away by how many people are upset that other people are doing stupid things at the confluence of new technology and excessive spending money.




> Isn't this literally the only thing an NFT guarantees anyway? Anything you can't do with a non-fungible piece of paper, you can't do with a non-fungible token.

Pretty much. It's a bit harder to show your paper autograph (and prove its veracity for full status points or before selling it) than to demonstrate this with an NFT. If that's what the paper is about for you, the NFT is better.

With concert tickets though there are a ton of benefits from proving authenticity, not needing to meet to transfer paper, not needing ID to prove you didn't steal it when checking in, etc.

> I'm blown away by how many people are upset that other people are doing stupid things at the confluence of new technology and excessive spending money.

Me too.


Well when artists are pretending to sell art for $69 million to their business partners to create hype for NFTs and lure in clueless people who will lose their money on a pump and dump virtual asset then people start to feel like it’s a scam not just “excessive spending”

I mean this artist is now the third highest paid artist alive and it seems like he just pretended to sell the art to his business partner and the money transfer may not have even happened. That’s not excessive spending if true, that’s lies and fraud




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