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[–] [email protected] 125 points 10 months ago (14 children)

This had to be the most short-lived tech trend I've ever seen in my 41 years. Tamagotchi lasted longer in its heyday.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (6 children)

And yet crypto is back up again for some dumb reason. Are we sure NFTs are truly dead or are we going to see that grift in a new form soon? One can only hope it's the former.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Keep in mind that buying photos isn't the only application of NFTs. People stopped buying valueless photos, but other implementations of NFTs kept on being used.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Right… the technology conceivably has value as a way to digitally trade ownership and track authenticity. It just happens that it was used for a bunch of truly worthless algorithmically generated art that people got suckered into by hype.

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