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0 pointsluhn4y ago0 comments

> I mean, there's a domain name system.

You mean ENS, the .eth domain registrar incorporated in the Cayman Islands? It doesn't matter what the blockchain says, my .eth domain is only good as long as the registrar agrees to honor it. Sounds like GoDaddy with more steps.

> There are various games.

What's the point of a distribute ledger that can only be used within a game controlled by a centralized company?

> There was recently a high-profile crowdfunded attempt to buy an artifact at auction.

You mean ConstitutionDOA, which imploded quite spectacularly? People are still wondering if that was a scam or just sheer incompetence.

Honestly it's hilarious that you would bring that up as a flagship example.

> you're unwilling to exert a bare minimum level of effort to research other use cases

I have exerted that effort and more, and still come up short.

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koboll4y ago

So when I point out that there are other use cases beyond "replicating an existing financial instrument while trying to avoid the eyes of the state", instead of walking back your claim that no other use cases exist, you simply move the goalposts and attack these use cases in other ways.

They're all perfectly legitimate complaints. But the fact that you have to resort to them, rather than defending your original claim, shows how weak that claim was.

luhnOP4y ago

When someone says "use case" they mean something... useful. I think it's pretty obvious that the OP didn't mean "no one has tried anything with blockchain."

I wasn't the one who made that claim anyways, so let me make one: Beyond cryptocurrency, there is no problem that blockchain solves better (simpler, cheaper, more efficient, more practical, etc.) than "traditional" organizations and technology.

lui89064y ago

> What's the point of a distribute ledger that can only be used within a game controlled by a centralized company?

The game is made by a centralized company. The items and economy in the game are on chain. Gamers can sell their items to other gamers. Or items can be interwoven into multiple games because the items / economy share the same "backend".

fastball4y ago

Regarding ENS, it actually does matter what the blockchain says, because everyone that has integrated ENS (like IPFS or MetaMask) are using the records in the blockchain to resolve which name.eth is connected to which wallet.

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