Nah, they're strictly centralized on Valve's servers and don't require burning down the amazon rainforest every time they're traded.
They are still bad.
NFTs are centralized anyway. They don't mean shit without a service like OpenSea.
For now. LG is building TVs with ETH wallets, Microsoft has a NFT app in the works for Xbox, and that's all the tech news I can bear to read this morning but you get the point. Trading digital hats will always be dumb, but hey, now you proudly display them while you're showing off your new flat screen to impress the neighbors.
I made mine the "Copyright Striker" description "Sorry about that." showing the youtube takedown :/ face on it.
I put a picture of an Axestinguisher on it and used it on my Pyro
Also I renamed my Axestinguisher to "A Bucket of Water."
I put war on one side and wrote peace on the other side. It's a statement on the duality of man.
Basically yeah. There isn't a blockchain sucking up tons of energy but I'm sure the infrastructure Steam uses does as well.
Also delete this :side-eye-1:
Probably doesn't require anywhere near the same order of magnitude of power or replacements, though.
Obligatory comment about valve disabling mods in TF2 in the name of fair competition and then never doing anything with their official competitive mode. Almost like it was a false pretense for stopping people from nullifying an economy based on cosmetics.
