Let's normalize not recognizing NFT's apparent "proof of ownership" of digital content
In fact let's normalize not validating artificial scarcity in general, because literally anyone with a brain can see that's a moronic idea
And yes.. artificial scarcity exists all throughout the world outside of the blockchain, doesn't mean we need to accept and introduce more of it. Maybe let's do less of the sh*tty stuff the world does, that might be a good idea.
@carlyleviktor I will do everything in my power as an individual to keep it far away from Minecraft. It's unfortunate that I've seen some community stuff outside of Mojang doing NFT stuff with Minecraft, because for me that is directly against the spirit of the game's creativity
You know, as left leaning as I am, at least I can recognize the validity in owning something physical and tangible that cannot be replicated, but in the digital space where data has no tangible difference between its copies, it is literally a scam to say I own the "original"
This is different from paying someone for their work to create something of value. The work itself is what has value, not the file/data which at that point is incapable of holding a tangible value once exposed to the wider world.
@uhohgames It's a complicated topic right? At least with a ticket, it's technically not an "original", it's a copy that you have ownership over. For sure artificial scarcity has some use in the real world, but NFTs try to lock down that concept to a higher degree which isn't necessary.
@uhohgames Think of buying a game on Steam or even in store as a CD. You don't own the original piece of data, you own a copy. And realistically there is no such thing as an original version of that data.
But what you are owning is a license to access that data and play it.
@uhohgames Technically I've described the concept of NFTs, but without the tech itself. The problem is trying to sell this idea to a wider public that having a digital ledger proves you own a piece of data. It's a scam. Piracy hinges on the fact that data cannot be owned in the social sense
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