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Eh, the relationship isn’t quite the same as that one.

It’s more like the relationship between a video game framework and a video game. Pygame, Unity, or Godot are not games you can play; they’re tools for programmers to build games with.

Similarly, blockchain is a technology for implementing scams; NFTs are one specific scam.

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db2@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Similarly, blockchain is a technology for implementing scams

By that logic the US dollar is a means for facilitating crime. It’s certainly used for that, a lot, but that isn’t what it is for. A blockchain is for keeping an immutable and verifiable record by way of cryptography. That there are a lot of scams doesn’t change what it is.

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- merc@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  
  By that logic the US dollar is a means for facilitating crime.
  
  See, the difference is that dollars have legitimate uses.
  
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  - db2@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Yeah, you’re hating for the sake of hating with no clue why. I’m just going to go ahead and block you, kthxbye.
    
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    merc@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    It’s not for the sake of hating, it’s because blockchain / cryptocurrency / NFTs / etc. are problems in search of a legitimate solution. So far all they’ve found is massive energy wasting and ransomware.
    
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  - ABCDE@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    As does Blockchain, which is widely used for such purposes already.
    
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    merc@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Not really, unless you think ransomware is a legitimate use.
    
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abhibeckert@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
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- LemmysMum@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Yep. It’s hard to feel sorry for anyone who got grifted, who knew that buying the equivalent of a graffiti’d up CVS receipt would turn out to be worthless.
  
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