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		nerdponx on Sept 24, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cryptocurrency is something people tell lies about... It wasn't ever meant to be a lottery. It was and remains just a way to sell ownership rights to stuff without physically transferring any stuff. The fact that a speculation market bloomed around it was just a weird circumstance.

im_down_w_otp on Sept 24, 2021 [–]

Weird circumstance? It seems like an entirely predictable outcome, and as such it seems like it may very well have been the actual point.

Especially since NFTs confer no actual assets or rights in anyway that matters EXCEPT for in an adjacent speculative market.

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