Blockchain, NFTs, and Web 3.0

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

I sort of respect GameStop for cashing in on their fame over the last few years.

[mickthinks]

Originally Posted by Ari

… and are thus worthless.

They’re probably worthless, but they will still be tradable and thus there is no “thus”.

[JoeP]

NFT: Not Fucking Tradable.

[specious_reasons]

Originally Posted by mickthinks

They’re probably worthless, but they will still be tradable and thus there is no “thus”.

Shit! I agree with mickthinks. The blockchain is still public, so other trading platforms should be able to handle the existing NFTs.

I just wasted 20 minutes looking at GameStop's NFT store and then Opensea. God, so much ugly art. Almost all of it is worthless in any sense.

[Ari]

Hmm, yes it does seem that they can be sold on other blockchains so not technically worthless due to system failure, instead worthless due to their value being 99.99% based on propping up the GameStop meme stonk.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

SBF repeatedly lied to get out of ‘supervillain’ prison term, FTX CEO alleges | Ars Technica

Basically, SBF’s grip on reality is tenuous.

[Stephen Maturin]

Just because I still enjoy reading it:

Originally Posted by ChuckF

Two things are simultaneously true:

1. Watching crypto completely shit the bed is very funny, as is watching HODLer bros double down and lose more to the tune of marginal whining about why won't the government fix this.
2. Those crypto bros are going to be radicalized by the convincing themselves that they didn't lose a bunch speculating in the century's most obviously stupid fucking scam, but in fact they earned something of actual value that was then taken away from them. The retarded monkey boat discord channel or whatever is not a healthy place to cultivate ties with reality.

[Stephen Maturin]

I’m going to put the entire U.S. budget on blockchain so that any American — every American can look at every budget item in the entire budget anytime they want 24 hours a day.”

RFK Jr., who is most assuredly not a roid monkey and/or gibbering smooth-brain.

[seebs]

that is nonetheless an incredibly stupid idea in a number of ways.

[LarsMac]

"Incredibly Stupid" seems to have become the New American Motto.

[JoeP]

Originally Posted by LarsMac

"Incredibly Stupid" seems to have become the New American Motto.

Hold mah beer

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Originally Posted by JoeP

Hold mah beer

A proper son of the British Empire shows commitment, and swills the pint back in one pull, then injures himself it a fit of drunken idiocy. :godsavetheking:

[JoeP]

Hold my steed, there's a good fellow