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Comment by mtrycz2 | Hacker News Reader

Just imagine if you could simply prove the ownership of a game using well-understood multidecade-old cryptography (in a new way). That's what I hope GameStop[0] can become. Or whoever else.

Additeddly it would only prevent piracy and not cheating, but hey!

[0]https://nft.gamestop.com/

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What expertise does GameStop suddenly have? I'm aware of their recent flood of cash, but isn't their expertise in retail brick-and-mortar?

Or is the expectation that they'll somehow pivot from that to... I guess crypto? Aren't there dozens, hundreds, of companies in the crypto space already?

Did they buy one of them at least, or are they legitimately trying to build a crypto company from the ground up, with no stated innovation or insight into crypto?

From the best I can gather, the new CEO is trying to pivot GameStop from a brick-and-mortar company with online presence, to a tech company with a brick-and-mortar presence.

Cryptographically proven digital ownership of content has been (games or in-game content), with freedom of resale, had been a long discussed topic in crypto communities for years. They have not given any details yet, but I do hope that it can be it.

Scaling is still an issue, tho.

"Cryptography" doesn't solve any problems not already solved by licensing servers. And DRM will still be required on games to prevent the software from being modified in such a manner as to ignore licensing / proof of ownership.

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