Why gamers hate crypto, and music fans don't

That’s a 100x improvement over how most virtual goods are bought today - through centralized, siloed platforms like gaming giants where scarcity is in the eye of the gamemaker alone. Contrast that with NFTs, which 1) connect users to a universe of creators 2) for lower fees while 3) giving both parties provable ownership of their virtual assets acr... See more

Collectors: Why collect? What do you believe?

Modern, digital technology is a tool, created and wielded by humans, ostensibly under our control. Throughout history, the adoption of new technologies has driven profound shifts in society and this has been especially true when the technologies connect humans in new ways (shipping, telephony, trains, a... See more

The questions are coming to gaming first, but it’s easy to imagine them cropping up elsewhere in the new economy. And when they do, platforms will be faced with a choice: shut it all down, as Steam did, and bet that the whole crypto craze will some day fall into the ocean; or be curious about it, the way Epic is, and see if there’s a way to channel... See more