𝔼𝕩𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕒@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 1 year agoI call iggylemmy.worldimagemessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1201arrow-down110
arrow-up1191arrow-down1imageI call iggylemmy.world𝔼𝕩𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕒@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareTootSweet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoToo bad we as a species didn’t learn our lesson, but people today fall for blockchain scams.
minus-squareNintendo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up29arrow-down1·1 year agoty beanies are infinitely less of a scam than crypto too. even if your beanie baby was worth nothing, at least you still had a physical stuffed animal that you can wipe your tears with. wtf are people doing with their Google drive hosted jpeg?
minus-squareGeth@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoThat’s NFT. Not quite the same thing. Built on crypto tech, sure, but just a subset of the tech and how it ended up used was very much a scam.
minus-squareMirshe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYou also don’t own the picture. You own the space on the blockchain that points to that picture, maybe.
minus-squaredb2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down34·edit-21 year agoIt was inevitable there’d be a “crypto bad” comment. People who don’t understand it like to announce it every chance they get.
minus-squareEFZL5NM0@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·edit-21 year ago99% of blockchain “projects” are scams, they’re right. Doesn’t mean there aren’t some with actual merit and that aren’t scams, though.
minus-squarefsxylo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·1 year agoHey look guys, a clown!
Too bad we as a species didn’t learn our lesson, but people today fall for blockchain scams.
ty beanies are infinitely less of a scam than crypto too. even if your beanie baby was worth nothing, at least you still had a physical stuffed animal that you can wipe your tears with. wtf are people doing with their Google drive hosted jpeg?
That’s NFT. Not quite the same thing. Built on crypto tech, sure, but just a subset of the tech and how it ended up used was very much a scam.
You also don’t own the picture. You own the space on the blockchain that points to that picture, maybe.
It was inevitable there’d be a “crypto bad” comment. People who don’t understand it like to announce it every chance they get.
99% of blockchain “projects” are scams, they’re right. Doesn’t mean there aren’t some with actual merit and that aren’t scams, though.
Such as?
Hey look guys, a clown!