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> Supposedly to prevent sales of NFTs of their art without their approval. No idea if that’s a real issue or not.

It is. I guess like with every new crypto pyramid scheme, a bunch of fraudsters show up trying to profit from the FOMO. Have a look at https://twitter.com/simonstalenhag for some examples of what one artist is facing right now.

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I'm having a hard time believing what I just read. Posting his work as an NFT without his permission is of course ridiculous, but then to viciously lash out at the artist not being ok with this? It's just unbelievable to me that people can think this way.

These people sold someone else's art, and then called him a luddite for not being ok with it.

> then called him a luddite for not being ok with it.

yeah, my jaw dropped. Holy shit.

Every time I enter the crypto twittersphere, I'm more convinced it's all just a huge cult. Half zealots and true believers and half trolls. Much like QAnon. "You don't understand it's the future!" No, no I'm quite capable of understanding. The internet brought a lot of like-minded people together under a shared mass delusion.

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