why yes this link to an image has value because it used 500 megawatts of electricity to make and is special and unique, it's definitely not like the literal millions of .jpegs that are exactly identical to it :very-smart:
why yes this link to an image has value because it used 500 megawatts of electricity to make and is special and unique, it's definitely not like the literal millions of .jpegs that are exactly identical to it :very-smart:
Who the fuck is buying these things
The same kind of people who bought tulip bulbs for astronomical amounts in the 1600's: Speculants hoping to cash out before the bubble burst.
I think it's more money laundering. Or for money laundering. You buy one of these at $X then it has that value within bourgeois circles and can be used as a sort of currency. Physical art is hard to store and transport, so having a digital one that you can just zap to someone increases turnover on illicit deals.
There's also a large amount of goobers that have too much money that buy them because their brains are maldeveloped by capitalism.
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