• lone_faerie@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    4 days ago

    NFTs are useful in cases far removed from owning a jpeg. Things like supply chain, where each item is tied to an NFT, akin to a tracking number. You now have an immutable history of when and where each item is along every step of the supply chain

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      4 days ago

      But again, the computer that would go into that kind of a system is astronomical per item. It just doesn’t make sense to use.

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        Only if you’re talking about a Bitcoin-style public ledger blockchain. The auditable, immutable history can also make sense in a private blockchain that costs next to nothing to add to, can be backed up for a song, and can only be added to if you hold the private key.