Sure, but doesn't that run into the same "yes, but do you actually need an NFT for this" issue I was talking about? Not only can we commission art, do YCH auctions, or sell rights to the original Nyan Cat graphics file without involving blockchain authentication, any license -- implicit or otherwise -- exists independently of the NFT. The license/contract could incorporate the NFT by reference, of course, but in this use case the NFT is also incorporating whatever asset represents by reference; the token doesn't add any value to the transaction, it just adds an extra layer of indirection.
I don't have any problems wit NFT-based transactions like this as long as they're above board, to be clear. It just feels to me like there's a significant component of "it's awesome because we're using a blockchain" to it all, which is kind of like saying "it's awesome because we're using Dijkstra's algorithm": well done for using that computer science degree, but (a) that's an implementation detail and (b) I just want to buy that picture of a bunny girl and it sounds like this is rather overcomplicating it all.
Sure, but doesn't that run into the same "yes, but do you actually need an NFT for this" issue I was talking about? Not only can we commission art, do YCH auctions, or sell rights to the original Nyan Cat graphics file without involving blockchain authentication, any license -- implicit or otherwise -- exists independently of the NFT. The license/contract could incorporate the NFT by reference, of course, but in this use case the NFT is also incorporating whatever asset represents by reference; the token doesn't add any value to the transaction, it just adds an extra layer of indirection.
I don't have any problems wit NFT-based transactions like this as long as they're above board, to be clear. It just feels to me like there's a significant component of "it's awesome because we're using a blockchain" to it all, which is kind of like saying "it's awesome because we're using Dijkstra's algorithm": well done for using that computer science degree, but (a) that's an implementation detail and (b) I just want to buy that picture of a bunny girl and it sounds like this is rather overcomplicating it all.
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