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NFUN posted...

the issue with your whole point about collectibles and such is that it's fundamentally significantly less cool to have an obscure digital certificate whose procurement probably comes from somebody impersonally chucking money at somebody than to have an actual rare physical thing,

"less cool" is subjective, and the prevailing sentiment could change over time. There are also ways of presenting digital assets that are more dynamic than the static image that paper cards are limited to.

I'm not sure what you mean by 'impersonally chucking money at somebody". If you buy a pack of NFT highlights you pay for the pack but then you get to open the pack yourself to find out what you got. I could use some clarification on that point.

NFUN posted...

or something that got at least some kind of real attention from somebody important by getting signed

Autographed NFTs already exist. They are typically 1 of 1s where the athlete/celebrity will sign like an iPad or something 30 different times to make 30 distinctly different signatures for the purpose of those signatures being incorporated in unique NFTs.

NFUN posted...

I'm sure that they'll build some sites so that you can feature your truly owned NFTs as badges or whatever,

These also exist. You can link your wallet to digital galleries to view your NFTs in a 3D space or you can get digital frames for your wall if you want to display a physical version of your NFT.

NFUN posted...

I definitely don't see it as something worth championing over the scummy bullshit they are now

There are scummy corners of the NFT space, and they should absolutely be called out as such. Projects get the rug pulled out from under them on a dishearteningly regular basis. That's why I wanted put an emphasis on being cautious and doing research before investing in one project or another.

I don't see how that makes the space as a whole inherently scummy. People make forgeries of Pokemon cards, those illegitimate happenings don't automatically taint the legitimate side of the experience.

NFUN posted...

Like, why does having a virtual pet need to be an NFT instead of just like a generic gacha purchase

Anyone can catch a Charizard in a Pokemon game. How many people can say they have one of only a few hundred Charizards, and they are all subtly different so no one else has their exact Charizard?

That is the distinction. And admittedly that might not be important to everyone, but that doesn't make it less valid for the people who do enjoy that verifiable uniqueness.