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As another user said, the NFT is the ticket. A ticket is basically a receipt when you think about it, which is why it makes sense as a use case. It shows that you have purchased a unique item (the seat) and grants you access to it.

The artist/venue could make a ticket independently and without NFTs. They would then have to make them in a way that couldn’t be forged, and would have to create a distribution system. None of that is simple for an independent artist/venue to implement. By using an NFT all of that is handled by the decentralized network.

Again, that was simply an example to help demonstrate how NFTs have more use cases than just a picture of a monkey

All an NFT is, is a way to prove ownership of a digital good. Think of an NFT not being the item itself, but a receipt that you can use to prove you own said item. You’re probably only familiar with this concept being applied to images, but that’s just one application.

NFTs function very similarly to cryptocurrency with one notable exception, they are not fungible. If we both have a bitcoin and decide to trade them, we both end up with what we started because bitcoins (much like any currency) are fungible. NFTs represent unique items, so they can’t all be treated as equals. That’s all an NFT is at its core, a digital proof of ownership of an item that is unique.

This is my go to example for an alternative use case for NFTs:

You know how Ticketmaster sucks right? Imagine if instead of buying tickets through TicketMaster you bought them directly from artists/venues as an NFT. At the gate you can show that you have the NFT in your wallet which proves that you own the ticket. Instead of Ticketmaster taking a massive cut, you pay a (comparatively) much smaller fee to the decentralized network that processed your transaction, and the entirety of the price of the ticket goes to the venue/artist.

I find that people frequently hate on NFTs because they don’t understand how truly generalized of a concept it is. There are so many ways this technology could be applied, but it’s so new! It takes time for people to conceptualize, develop, and implement this stuff. And with decentralization at the heart, it usually has to happen without a major corporation backing development. So be patient, have an open mind, and know that even I think bored ape NFTs are dumb as fuck

Source: ex /r/CryptoCurrency mod 😛 Happy to chat more about it if you’re curious!

^ The only person in this thread who actually knows what NFTs are

It’s rated PG-13 for partial nudity

It really does fit him so well! He’s my parents dog and they’ve informed me that he’s adopted a group of 5 small plush toys. When he goes somewhere to take a nap, he’ll carry them all over one-by-one and then sit right on top of them. If you try to take them from him, he’ll growl at you. It’s not at all menacing because… I mean just look at him…

He always looks like a goofball

they promised to support lightning for 15 years

Citation needed - couldn’t find a single source corroborating that

And honestly who gives a fuck about iPhone vs Android in 2023? It’s just a phone…

USB-C has its own issues with standardization though. Good luck telling if a random USB-C cable supports fast charging (or what level of fast charging). Some don’t even support data transfer, others are lightning quick.

Don’t get me wrong, I love USB-C and have a ton of high quality cables around my apartment despite being an iPhone user. But it still suffers from the same issue described in this comic. The one thing it solves is unifying the port, everything else is still chaos.

https://www.androidauthority.com/state-of-usb-c-870996/

Really excited to see how this turns out. I loved the first game but I’m not sure how the switch to 3rd person will pan out