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cricket98@lemmy.world 7 months agoSomething physically existing or not is not what makes a status symbol. Are you implying something about energy consumption of blockchains? The network these are on (ethereum) no longer uses PoW mining, so the energy argument does not work here.
zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
It quite literally is lmao
cricket98@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Not at all. Membership to a country club can be a status symbol, as an example.
zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Membership to a country club grants you… physical access to a country club.
cricket98@lemmy.world 7 months ago
And this monkey picture gives you access to events.