My wife and I started talking about this after she had to help an old lady at the DMV figure out how to use her iPhone to scan a QR code. We’re in our early 40s.

  • Jennie@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    that’s pretty much what I do. I don’t know how they actually work, I’ve had it explained to me like 5 times and still don’t get it lmao

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      1 year ago

      It’s a way to prove that someone gave/sold you some/all rights to some “thing”. Which would be important if anyone cared, but no-one does … with the exception of those who once thought that someone cared and are trying to recoup their “investment” by deceiving others.

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        1 year ago

        Images are dumb its the literal worst use case anything with direct ownership has a good use case for nft, probably needs a rebranding.

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        1 year ago

        Right, NFTs are just cryptographically secure receipts… Which is cool and all, but we’ve been getting by with non-cryptographically-secure receipts for a very very long time, so it’s kind of just a waste, and probably a misapplication of the technology.

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        1 year ago

        Nfts are bragging rights, like having an original painting. You get to show people you have money by spending it on something extravagant but basically useless.