1/ Whenever someone says they "don't get" #NFTs, I tell them a story.
2/ When I was a kid, I had a pet dragon.
Her name was Marina0238, and she was the most perfect little blue Shoyru you ever did meet.
Her name was Marina0238, and she was the most perfect little blue Shoyru you ever did meet.
3/ It didn't matter that, when it came to pixels, she was exactly the same as all the other blue Shoryus.
Every day for nearly three years, I fetched her omelettes, took her to the Battledome, and searched for a cool paintbrush, so she could look as special as she was to me.
Every day for nearly three years, I fetched her omelettes, took her to the Battledome, and searched for a cool paintbrush, so she could look as special as she was to me.
4/ Years later, I still thought back on @Neopets fondly from time to time. I'd spent many hours of my childhood there, after all!
One day, I went to log in for a bit of nostalgia...
...only to find that my account—and my beloved Marina—had been PURGED. ☠️
One day, I went to log in for a bit of nostalgia...
...only to find that my account—and my beloved Marina—had been PURGED. ☠️
5/ It's not the pixels that matter. (I'm well aware that I can Google a blue Shoyru anytime.)
It's the memories.
If Marina0238 were an #NFT, it wouldn't have been possible to erase her—and along with her, the heart and soul that my younger self poured into that game.
It's the memories.
If Marina0238 were an #NFT, it wouldn't have been possible to erase her—and along with her, the heart and soul that my younger self poured into that game.
6/ And so... I don't bother following the many NFT projects that are "just art."
Unless they have a metaverse to exist in—and actual ways to interact with them—they'll be forgotten before long.
What I'm excited about is the future.
Unless they have a metaverse to exist in—and actual ways to interact with them—they'll be forgotten before long.
What I'm excited about is the future.
7/ If I have kids someday, whatever lives they create in the metaverse won't be so easy to erase.
They won't be limited to one universe, either—as long as their meta-belongings are tokenized, they'll be free to explore. Those items could even evolve from one world to another.
They won't be limited to one universe, either—as long as their meta-belongings are tokenized, they'll be free to explore. Those items could even evolve from one world to another.
8/ As someone who's always said that the way I'm going to go is by uploading my brain to the cloud, THIS is what I'm excited about.
Not JPEGs.
Memories! 🐉
Not JPEGs.
Memories! 🐉
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