So many conversations here and on Twitter focus on laughing at these people.
But I think the most likely explanation is that they’re not this stupid. That it’s some form of fraud.
But I think the most likely explanation is that they’re not this stupid. That it’s some form of fraud.
What I'm focusing on is how everyone loves to feel smart, and most do that by making others feel dumb. And when you are anti-something (yes, I am anti NFT), you have further motivation to just chalk it up to, "haha look at these bozos."
The more useful, and in my opinion, more likely hypothesis to spend all our oxygen on is, "what kind of fraud might be going on here?" For example, did someone just make a ton of money by convincing a bunch of chumps to fund this?
so we raised a bunch of funds and bought a cool book. now we are making an animation. we've been discussing ideas like sending funds to the makers of Jodorowskys Dune documentary which didnt even break even, as a way of thanking them too.
y'know, playing in the way we were taught, as hackers, as kids who grew up on the internet. To go out and do things, make things. hang out with our friends.
but hn would rather take a few snippets, call us all scammers and frauds, and hate on us.
but whatever.. we're gonna keep having fun ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯
For about 100x its estimated value. I'm not sure that's really playing with a hacker mentality.
The plan is also to burn the "cool book". Again, I'm unsure how that fits into a hacker mindset.
and no, the plan is not to burn the book. there is an ongoing joke by a few people in the dao. but they do not represent the majority and the aims of the dao explicitly are to do with the preservation and protection of the book. so thats not going to happen.
but people arent actually interested in conversation here. hn hates crypto. we get it. people hating something they arent a part of and dont understand. But we are still going to have fun and make things, and the good vibes win in the end.
Do enjoy your exploration into copyright and IP law.