by himinlomax on 5/26/21, 6:06 AM
I've never seen any compelling argument in favor of NFT. Everything points to it being pure hype with no redeeming value whatsoever, and this is no different. To wit, I don't recall reading even a single comment on HN entirely supportive of NFTs, and there's hardly ever any shortage of contrarians on most topics.
by Cicero22 on 5/25/21, 11:39 PM
That address starts with 1337420 lol. I can't help but feel this is timed poorly though. Surely there must be some fatigue towards both gamestop and crypto.
by shanekandy on 5/26/21, 12:14 AM
Does anyone have insight into the possibility of this being for a second-hand gaming market?
by TheRealNGenius on 5/26/21, 5:53 AM
A reskinned version of the chrome Dino game is found when you click the dot on the top right of the site.
by pcdoodle on 5/26/21, 3:13 PM
Imagine a digital asset used by a professional gamer in a tournament, you could then auction it for charity and the asset could be used in that game or possibly others. The fact that it's recognized by the game code as a NFT could make it scarce in that game.
by cyanydeez on 5/25/21, 9:15 PM
theyre gonna pump the meme culture for sll its empty worth
by X6S1x6Okd1st on 5/26/21, 12:41 AM
So the ETH address is a contract that defines an NFT, but it just links to the video that is already playing on the website.
Direct IPFS link is ipfs://QmaLEchFaE7FWhc4MCvYMqoTdK8rV1yfjEC5Bz4jzQRbjS
They've also encoded the launch date as 1626261600.
The owner of the NFT is 0x10B16eEDe03cF73CbF44e4BFFFa3e6BFf36F1Fad. I don't immediately see anything interesting there.
by gbronner on 5/26/21, 10:53 AM
One theory is that Ryan Cohen's lockup expires around then, and they will have reported earnings. Rc is not accepting payment from the firm, so he'll be free to sell his stake then
by anonporridge on 5/26/21, 12:28 AM
NFTs for rare in game items that can transcend any particular game's ecosystem and be bought and sold on an open marketplace maybe?
Are you Ready Player One? The future's about to get weirder.
by mrkramer on 5/26/21, 10:37 AM
Investors gonna love this. lol
by nairboon on 5/26/21, 11:07 AM
Click on the white dot in the top right corner...
by prepend on 5/26/21, 12:29 AM
I suppose they’ll be just as good competing with the existing NFT platforms as they competing with Steam and similar platforms.
by syspec on 5/26/21, 1:56 AM
They couldn't hide the controls, and turn on auto play on the video on the landing page... but they're gonna build an NFT platform