Lil_Revolitionary [she/her,they/them] to technology • edit-23 years agoSteam is removing NFT games from the platformexternal-linkmessage-square44 fedilinkarrow-up1214file-text
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minus-squareSerLava [he/him]hexbear23·3 years agoAt least a digital pile of bowler hats can theoretically be placed on a demoman, as opposed to a URL pointing at a picture of a hat link
minus-squareStellarTabi [none/use name]hexbear13·3 years agonow how am I going to pay $200 in gas fees + $400 in minting fees + $3 convinence fee + 30% steam store fee + $60 base price for a skeletal sword that is legally mine years after the devs shutdown the servers and run off with my PatriotCoin? link
minus-squareDeadend [he/him]hexbear6·3 years agoBut what’s the actual difference aside from display/ centralized nature? Nothing is stopping NFTs from being digital hats aside from no one has done it yet. link
minus-squareStellarTabi [none/use name]hexbear15·3 years agodigital hats already exist, NFTs just add ∞ complexity/cost and 0 benefit. link
minus-squareDeadend [he/him]hexbear10·3 years agoThe benefit is that valve can pretend it matters. Gabe Newell is a libertarian, he 1000% is into crypto currency. link
At least a digital pile of bowler hats can theoretically be placed on a demoman, as opposed to a URL pointing at a picture of a hat
now how am I going to pay $200 in gas fees + $400 in minting fees + $3 convinence fee + 30% steam store fee + $60 base price for a skeletal sword that is legally mine years after the devs shutdown the servers and run off with my PatriotCoin?
Spend less on candles
no
But what’s the actual difference aside from display/ centralized nature?
Nothing is stopping NFTs from being digital hats aside from no one has done it yet.
digital hats already exist, NFTs just add ∞ complexity/cost and 0 benefit.
The benefit is that valve can pretend it matters. Gabe Newell is a libertarian, he 1000% is into crypto currency.
The pollution, mostly.