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by tombert 226 days ago
I facepalmed when I read that last entry. I had a G-Shock watch for a long time, it was a great watch, I have a lot of sentimentality towards it, but I do not see any reason why anyone would want an NFT for it.
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I agree it is all a bit stupid, But I am feeling charitable this morning so I will give it a go.

If you wanted to create a registry of watch ownership a nft is certainly one way to go about it. and this use makes far more sense than most tokens. running on nothing more than a dream.

Really I think it is more that companies need to maintain a corp of engineers, these engineers are needed for key important projects, but a stable company is not in panic "put out the fire" mode all the time. so there is room for more speculative projects. and this is probably one of them.

Post pandemic was a wild time for executives. All the video game company CEOs too were on the NFT train.

AI mania wiped all that away instantly.