Well they were originally sold for 0.08 ETH, or ~$176 at the time. So it’s not like the creator is the one setting the million dollar price tags

Bitcoin actually plants a new rainforest every transaction.

Here’s a major difference between Crypto and that: At the end of the day a copy of Mario 64 can be put into a Nintendo 64 and played and enjoyed as a 3d platformer.

Either Dan is quoting wrong or you’re quoting him wrong, cause you’re describing wash trading, not a sybil attack. A sybil attack would be if they tried to take over the blockchain itself by creating enough false nodes to control which new blocks get validated. And yeah wash trading NFTs is scummy but you could say…

Hyperbole like that isn’t too constructive. From the latest sources (post China mining ban), Bitcoin only uses 2.8% more energy than computer games. https://finbold.com/bitcoin-mining-became-almost-60-more-sustainable-in-2021/

Still saying “imagine ____” in 2022

Yeah and some people get scammed from emails too, it sucks and more education and security is needed. You should see the current friction as an opportunity though. Over time new technologies get easier to use, but those that are willing to put up with the issues early have an advantage.

There’s tons of usecases, might as well ask in 1995 what problem the internet solves.

You still pay for your games with money, why does it matter if it’s crypto or USD or steam credits. In the end it’ll be up to the crypto ecosystem to attract players with good games and more consumer-friendly marketplaces.

There needs to be a give and take to this exchange. How about it’s your turn now, to give me a list of some of the points he made in the video that aren’t false. I’m not even sure you watched the video yourself.

The fact that the crypto ecosystem is existing with so much money in it, without completely collapsing, is pretty amazing. The amount of fraud and scams is miniscule compared to the hundreds of billions of dollars existing in the dapps. If companies had tried to set up their own siloed servers instead of blockchain…

Don’t worry you’ll be the first to know. Just as soon as I’m done taking notes on the 2 hour video for you like you asked. No no don’t get up or contribute any of your own points to the convo

The other 2 hours and 17 minutes was this

Yeah it was a purposefully dumb argument, just as dumb as NOT getting excited about future tech improvements because they haven’t reached critical adoption yet

Exactly, that’s why I also like to hang out here, in the woke anti-capitalist gamer echo chamber. It’s good to see viewpoints from both extremes as well as more moderate sources

No sillier than being a denouncer of a system whose problems already have solutions in the works

For one thing, he made a point about malware tokens that doesn’t make much sense. Show me one case where someone’s wallet was maliciously attacked simply by sending a token to that wallet. Vitalik Buterin’s wallet address is known, you’d think someone would simply take all his ETH by sending him some malware if that…

So you’re saying global warming WILL destroy the planet? WILL meaning it hasn’t happened yet? Yet all the envirobros are already whining about it?

Why does everything need to stay un-financialized? The same people who hate crypto also hate billionaires and their unfair student loans and landlords and all that. You think they’d love a chance to subvert the capitalist system with a new clown economy that’s throwing money around everywhere. But I guess they respect…

A lot of little misleading, one-sided points and no new information for anyone familiar with the space. It’s a fine video if you hate crypto and just want to feel like your viewpoint is justified, but if you’re actually trying to learn, you’re doing yourself a disservice if you only listen to super-biased sources like…