Also, comparing favorably with the Bolivar isn’t the positive argument you seem to believe it is.

Nah just a bit of money I’m cool with losing that I used to spend on stuff like audiophile equipment. Participating in the action and chaos of early 2021 gave me way more enjoyment than any of the expensive headphones I’ve bought. And calling it all a scam is too reductive. There’s projects all along the spectrum of…

Checksums can be spoofed.

It’s incredible how far BTC has come, that strangers from all over the world can participate in an economic layer not backed by any government. It’s already more trusted and has a more dependable value than certain national currencies like the lira and bolivar.

There are certainly nuanced takes on why investing in crypto isn’t a smart thing to do, but I’ve yet to see any here that can differentiate between a scam and a neutral technology that scammers are taking advantage of.

If I was seeking validation I wouldn’t bring a pro-crypto stance into an anti-crypto echo chamber. But I agree that this has become pretty sad, once I realized I was arguing with a child.

Next time you find yourself this frustrated, take a deep breath and ask yourself what result childish insults will have, besides making the target of your attack feel vindicated in disagreeing with your uninformed position.

I’m #sorrynotsorry that my differing opinions angered you so much that you had to resort to unsubstantiated insults

I’m happy to walk away from the comments section once I’ve got off enough

I’m scanning your comment again for information about the topic at hand but I’m still not seeing it... surely it’s in there somewhere. You didn’t blindly hop on the anti-NFT bandwagon without doing your own research, did you?

You told me not to talk about players making money as a benefit, I instead talked about the ways the company could fund their game with crypto. You interpreted that in a bad-faith way as me breaking your rules while espousing how beneficial microtransactions are for a company to support their game long term.

Teasing is often used as a way to show infatuation 😗

Especially when just one of the disadvantages is being prone to massive, fraud-driven boom and bust cycles, any normal person should ask themselves the question “is this something we actually need?” Answer is of course, “no”.

You say that “official” code wouldn’t connect to servers running modified source, how exactly do you enforce that? When every check both client and server do to verify the other when handshaking is fully transparent? You can’t.

- It’s both open source and yet not open source... uh how exactly? Is the idea supposed to be that the “official” version is run on the “official” servers? In which case...

I think I’ve spoonfed you enough for one day but enjoy lugging those goalposts around

The reason you need to ask the question over and over without being answered is that it’s clear your not trying to have a good-faith discussion, so nobody feels like attempting a real discussion with you. You can check out this other comment of mine though, which should answer your question (assuming the goalposts…

So what I’m hearing is that microtransactions CAN be used by developers to continue supporting games that people love, but NFTs CANNOT be used for the same purpose because of some fundamental difference... For example Diablo Immortal is an example of how to use the powerful force of microtransactions for evil, but…

Art requires pain

One of the biggest? I’m not gonna be satisfied until I’ve become the #1 biggest educator bringing crypto knowledge to the kotaku comment section