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by neither_color 1680 days ago
Recently heard Tim Ferriss/Naval discussing NFTs on a podcast and while I'm open minded to its potential, I haven't seen any useful ones yet. That said I don't think they're any worse than trading for video game skins or MMORPG collectibles. For whatever reason humans can invent a scarcity free environment in video games/metaverses but feel compelled to create scarcity anyway.
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> For whatever reason humans can invent a scarcity free environment in video games/metaverses but feel compelled to create scarcity anyway.

I would encourage you to try turning on no clip or “god mode” for a game and see how much fun you have and for how long.

It was my experience that it’s fun at first but then gets boring real quick. There is value in constraints as it gives you something you can work at and achieve.

I don't get it, because of course the company running the MMO has total control over who gets to wear what hats, there's no decentralization introduced by NFTs beyond perhaps making it easier for people to use it for a bit of money laundering.
ENS domains follow the nft interface.