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0 pointshn_throwaway_994y ago0 comments

Ugh - not a fan of declaring everything you disagree with as "evil".

I think NFTs, along with the vast majority (but not all) crypto, are total bullshit, but I also accept (a) I could be totally wrong in this, in which case, my loss, and (b) offering rails to sell these items doesn't strike me as "evil" in the slightest.

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uoaei4y ago

The magnitude of the carbon footprint alone is not enough to hit the threshold?

How about the obvious breeding ground for scams, and the tacit approval by the community because all that money (assets) flows to the top?

There are more reasons, too.

Just because you don't understand someone's argument doesn't mean you should trivialize it.

zarzavat4y ago

On the carbon footprint: Ethereum will adopt proof of stake soon, of course you can trade NFTs on other chains but at least there’s an effort to drop the carbon footprint to very low levels. That’s more than you can say about most economic activities that have a large carbon footprint.

The scams seems like a very weak reason. The internet is full of scams, is the internet evil?

randomswede4y ago

Ethereum has had "proof of stake" as a goal for multiple years, with no obvious evidence that it is any closer to implemented today than it was 3 years ago. I will believe Ethereum to be proof of stake when I see it.

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eloff4y ago

Evil is not an argument. It is a trivialization itself.

One can argue that it's a bad thing (evil is still too strong a word I think.) But that's not what's going on here.

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