I miss the days when grimes was just an annoying local art brat
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 16:23 (three years ago) link
Grimes starting to feel like 'Bjork as a Black Mirror plot'
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 16:53 (three years ago) link
said it in the other thread, but this is digital beanie babies
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 17:24 (three years ago) link
This is much worse than digital Beanie Babies. This is even-worse Damien Hirst but grifting a wider range of rubes instead of just oligarchs.
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 17:29 (three years ago) link
I used to think fads like beanie babies were a bad comparison since you can't create unlimited amounts of cryptocoins. But since you can create a new currency at will, it really is beanie babies.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 17:44 (three years ago) link
At least you can hold a beanie baby, and possibly use it to bring joy to a child (of any age)
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 17:48 (three years ago) link
Beanie babies didn’t waste as much energy and were less likely to be exchanged for fentanyl or child pornography.
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 17:49 (three years ago) link
I want criminals to use blockchain as currency, because it's so easy to trace back to them.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 18:12 (three years ago) link
Can't believe people would buy that stuff.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 18:17 (three years ago) link
FWIW I meant NFTs specifically are digital beanie babies, not blockchain generally.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 18:18 (three years ago) link
So Grimes cleared $5.8m, tho it's hard not to wonder if some of the higher-end purchases were by Elon.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 18:57 (three years ago) link
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/grimes-sold-nft-art-1948177
almost spit out coffee @ this
Nice!! I made this NFT of Elon Musk@elonmusk 😃😃 pic.twitter.com/wV1ZSHdHun— Alchememist 🍥 (@thealchememist) February 28, 2021
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 19:00 (three years ago) link
that is dumb as hell but the strawberry flamingo is pretty cool
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 19:01 (three years ago) link
🙏🙏🙏 thank you!!I'll auction it in 3 days with a few other original artworks. These will be single mint gold edition NFTs on Tezos blockchain, so people will need #XTZ $XTZ to bid. Bidding is super easy through Kukai wallet+directauth - check it out at https://t.co/AgEbZVXrEL— Alchememist 🍥 (@thealchememist) February 28, 2021
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 19:02 (three years ago) link
Alchemist gonna use the funds to buy three more MPC2500s as backups.
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 19:03 (three years ago) link
https://www.reuters.com/article/retail-trading-nfts/insight-how-a-10-second-video-clip-sold-for-6-6-million-idUKL8N2KV6X9
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 19:25 (three years ago) link
I was under the impression that NFTs use blockchains.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 20:46 (three years ago) link
They do, Ethereum.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 21:34 (three years ago) link
That Top Shot thing from the article is ridiculous. People will do the stupidest shit with money.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 22:55 (three years ago) link
I think collectible sports cards and comics are dumb but they paid my parents' rent until I was a teenager and have now paid my rent for years and stretching really hard there's a way to view the Top Shot as a contemporary version of that I guess, but a card with an edition of 40 and an unlimited number of similar editions (every time Lebron posterizes someone they can coin a new one) would never be worth more than a few bucks.
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 00:06 (three years ago) link
also it doesn't burn a rainforest to hand a Keith Giffen trading card to somebody
― grab bag cum trash bag (sic), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 00:16 (three years ago) link
there's no real need for the NBA thing to even use blockchain tech, but i'm sure all the nonsense buzz means people are paying far more than they would otherwise
― ufo, Wednesday, 3 March 2021 12:24 (three years ago) link
Get an Oakland A’s suite for one bitcoin, then turn a GIF taken from the window into a NFT and pay for it.
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Sunday, 14 March 2021 22:24 (three years ago) link
I'm reading attack of the 50 foot blockchain right now. it's funny! i did not realize that most of the early bitcoin boosters were gold standard morons.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Monday, 15 March 2021 11:14 (three years ago) link
WHERES TIPSY MOTHRA?
― JimCarrey, Tuesday, 16 March 2021 03:59 (three years ago) link
i did not realize that most of the early bitcoin boosters were gold standard morons.
yeah this is true of a lot of ppl in the space, not just the early boosters
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 13:43 (three years ago) link
Still sitting here without a bitcoin to my name.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 13:46 (three years ago) link
Out of curiosity I dug into how NFT's actually reference the media you're "buying" and my eyebrows are now orbiting the moon— Jonty Wareing (@jonty) March 17, 2021
That $65 million NFT only referenced the URL and not the actual artwork. And this is how all NFTs operate. Most of them are already broken links.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Friday, 19 March 2021 02:45 (three years ago) link
*most, not all
― wasdnuos (abanana), Friday, 19 March 2021 02:47 (three years ago) link
Who would have thought anything could go wrong.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 19 March 2021 02:50 (three years ago) link
Saturday night mood:#dogetothemoon #DogeSlimJim pic.twitter.com/pKRiwMgQIw— Slim Jim 🚀 (@SlimJim) March 21, 2021
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Sunday, 21 March 2021 00:57 (three years ago) link
according to david gerard's book, the dogecoin community is pretty chill. mostly they're just playing around with the fad. they sponsored the jamaican bobsled team to get them to the olympics one year.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Sunday, 21 March 2021 01:19 (three years ago) link
https://rug.wtf/
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Thursday, 8 July 2021 19:07 (three years ago) link
ok lol
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 8 July 2021 19:37 (three years ago) link
so is that working or is it a joke or what? i honestly can't tell.
― Yours in Sorrow, A Schoolboy: (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 8 July 2021 21:37 (three years ago) link
it's a real thing, and people have spent 300k in eth on it in half a day
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 8 July 2021 21:38 (three years ago) link
I hate this so much
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 8 July 2021 22:26 (three years ago) link
lol so it may not be a great sign when this is your actual president:
https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/nayib-bukele-bitcoin-city-GettyImages-1236700782.jpg
At the Latin American Bitcoin and Blockchain Conference on Nov. 20, Bukele came onstage to an animation of beaming down from a flying saucer and outlined his plans for Bitcoin City: a new charter city to be built from scratch, centered on bitcoin mining—and powered by a volcano.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/12/06/bitcoin-city-el-salvador-nayib-bukele/
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 10 January 2022 07:55 (two years ago) link
Bad news folks, munchables has been compromised.
Munchables has been compromised. We are tracking movements and attempting to stop the the transactions. We will update as soon as we know more.— Munchables (@_munchables_) March 26, 2024
― JoeStork, Wednesday, 27 March 2024 00:08 (six months ago) link
all my schnibble welcome packs gone
Looking for extra ways to munch? 👀Try your luck and spin on @insrtapp to win starter pack rewards including a free Munchables and some Schnibble Welcome Packs 🥜 https://t.co/PXS2a9BXjL— Munchables (@_munchables_) March 25, 2024
― JoeStork, Wednesday, 27 March 2024 00:11 (six months ago) link
Bloopchain your friends, and blorpchain them back
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 27 March 2024 00:14 (six months ago) link
a friend asked me out for coffee, figured something was up
he asked me if I knew what our mutual friend was up to
not really, no, last time I checked he'd stopped working in tv and was trying to find freelance consulting work instead, it wasn't working too well and he was a bit depressed
turns out our mutual friend has been doing business with someone called "Ian" he encountered on Telegram, who's apparently based in Switzerland, and so he and "Ian" are creating a blockchain based AI and "Ian" just needs about $50,000 to get their prototype up and running and when that happens they'll instantly receive $5 million from a big investor, so they're right now looking for smaller investors to reach their goal and it's basically a chance to get your money back x100
― corrs unplugged, Tuesday, 6 August 2024 19:20 (one month ago) link
blockchain and AI, what could go wrong
like most things blockchain, sounds like a scam
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 6 August 2024 19:25 (one month ago) link
Did anyone get the book “Number Go Up” and read it? I heard it was good
― trm (tombotomod), Tuesday, 6 August 2024 19:28 (one month ago) link
Also still feeling bad for Michael Lewis that he fell for SBF so hard that his legacy is now 99% the moneyball guy and 1% that guy who got it completely wrong about the cryptocurrency fraudster
― trm (tombotomod), Tuesday, 6 August 2024 19:30 (one month ago) link
also also, none of my nerdy technologist buddies who were all about finding useful ways to employ blockchain 10 years ago are still talking about it, like not at all. It all has “solution in search of a problem” stamped on it plus the ransomware stank of bitcoinnow everyone just wants to talk about LLM benchmarking
― trm (tombotomod), Tuesday, 6 August 2024 19:32 (one month ago) link
yeah otm
my friend was wondering if this might be the real deal, a golden business opportunity, and I had to let them down, it's definitely a scam
hope we'll be able to convince our mutual friend to not send more crypto to his Swiss "partner"
― corrs unplugged, Wednesday, 7 August 2024 04:38 (one month ago) link