Ethereum's cofounder says we'll soon use 'soulbound tokens' to verify things like school and employment — all stored in a 'souls' wallet
finance.yahoo.com
Vitalik Buterin says soulbound tokens are NFTs that could help build an "extended resume," bolster social identities, and fight crypto scams.

Just screaming into the void at this point.

  • The_Walkening [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    They did it. The nerds finally did it. A fucking permanent record like what teachers used to hold over kids' heads, but fucking real this time.

    This isn't the nerd's dream, this is the apple-polishing nerd's dream.

      • The_Walkening [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        Well social credit means assholes have to fly coach , rather than being able to flaunt that you were at the Burning Man Orgy Tent™ powered by Jira & IBM for everyone to see, forever on the Blockchain.

        • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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          2 years ago

          I wanna go to the Burning Man orgy tent.

          Burning Man is so funny because people spend thousands of dollars on machines and equipment made in other countries to go in to the most inhospitable desert in America and practice "radical self reliance".

          • Commander_Data [she/her]
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            2 years ago

            I was at Burning Man 20 years ago when it was still cool art hippies and weirdos and every tent was the orgy tent. Then techbros took over and started bringing in air conditioned RVs.

            • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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              2 years ago

              I have a lot of sympathy for the nice hippies who go, but I still think it's funny when they start talking about "principles" while billionaires are flying in on private planes.

              • Commander_Data [she/her]
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                2 years ago

                Yeah, I'm not old enough to have experienced "San Francisco", but even the changes I've seen in the bay over the last 25 years are sad to me. I can only imagine how horrifying it is to the OG hippies. I do love that the anarchist bookstore in the Haight is still holding on.