I prefer lo-fi analog art but Blockchain tech has interesting use in theory. (Very non techie here.)
Most people would have been familiar with peer-to-peer file sharing and it's impact on copyrighted media. Copyright owners were able to sue central server hosts to death for hosting the traffic (like napster).
Next evolution: distributing the traffic so there was no central server, with Bittorrent. There's indexers (like Piratebay) to connect, but the traffic goes between peers, so the corps have to go after the individuals.
Next evolution: encryption so things are decoded on the ends but not during the traffic, so there's nothing to go after, in theory. Of course there's other ways to intercept it like control of device or network.
Now, blockchain I believe distributes copies of the entire ledger of actions to each user, and no user can act without authentication by all the others. Plus what you put in, goes one way and can not be falsified. Like a math based trust box.
Instead of just downloading things that way, imagine a group collaborating to create that way. With stakes and no taking things out of the trust box. Sure you can do it directly (sounds like furry fandom!) -- but look at how well built, secure, up to date, easily funded, and reliably staffed Furaffinity is. Fandom is good for cottage industry but maybe not so good with bigger projects.
I guess... NFT is supposed to help make a new medium for that. Sounds neat, in science fiction. I have not read up on that and of course it gets screwed up by the energy use, volatility and more. I'd rather make paper zines.
I prefer lo-fi analog art but Blockchain tech has interesting use in theory. (Very non techie here.)
Most people would have been familiar with peer-to-peer file sharing and it's impact on copyrighted media. Copyright owners were able to sue central server hosts to death for hosting the traffic (like napster).
Next evolution: distributing the traffic so there was no central server, with Bittorrent. There's indexers (like Piratebay) to connect, but the traffic goes between peers, so the corps have to go after the individuals.
Next evolution: encryption so things are decoded on the ends but not during the traffic, so there's nothing to go after, in theory. Of course there's other ways to intercept it like control of device or network.
Now, blockchain I believe distributes copies of the entire ledger of actions to each user, and no user can act without authentication by all the others. Plus what you put in, goes one way and can not be falsified. Like a math based trust box.
Instead of just downloading things that way, imagine a group collaborating to create that way. With stakes and no taking things out of the trust box. Sure you can do it directly (sounds like furry fandom!) -- but look at how well built, secure, up to date, easily funded, and reliably staffed Furaffinity is. Fandom is good for cottage industry but maybe not so good with bigger projects.
I guess... NFT is supposed to help make a new medium for that. Sounds neat, in science fiction. I have not read up on that and of course it gets screwed up by the energy use, volatility and more. I'd rather make paper zines.
There's a really good few episodes about crypto from Behind the Bastards. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-one...