Out: iconic video game mascots. In: esports and NFTs.

TL;DR: to NFTs and eSports

  • jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    37·
    3 months ago

    players are able to claim an “officially licensed, commemorative Paris 2024 NFT Digital Pin.”

    Oh sweet an official Olympics digital pin that I can pay real money for and no one else can just view for free whenever they want! Oh wait… Here’s one someone paid $200 for.

    https://files.catbox.moe/gqcir5.mp4

        • Toes♀English
          7·
          3 months ago

          I remember when NFTs first appeared. I misunderstood their purpose thinking they were a clever way to transfer intellectual property rights for something. Only to later learn that it’s basically poop, completely worthless.

          • TheGalacticVoid@lemm.eeEnglish
            3·
            3 months ago

            I think it’s a cool idea with awful implementations. Rather than turning the idea into a solution for something existing, everyone and their mother decided to create a fake problem instead.

          • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            1·
            3 months ago

            they were a clever way to transfer intellectual property rights for something.

            NFTs are a clever way to transfer intellectual property rights for something.

            It’s just that the something is worthless… And IP is imaginary.

    • SecretSauces@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      3 months ago

      I like how it’s a digital picture of a physical pin, so it still has the bits in the back as if anyone can just put it on their lapel or backpack.

      • jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago

        Yeah I can’t help think the design and calling it a pin is all just a trick to scan people who don’t know what an NFT is.