ruthbrarian’s avatarruthbrarian’s Twitter Archive—№ 12,666

    1. Crypto-idealists: so you could have a concert ticket that couldn’t be resold for more than face value! Smart Contracts! Me, an ancient: but can it be transferred for free? Because here’s my site where you pay me $300 and I transfer it to you for free.
  1. …in reply to @ruthbrarian
    Or if it must always be resold for, say, $75 ... ok cool, pay me $75 in smart contract and $225 in Visa that the smart contract never sees. I’ve lived through DRM, kids. Humans will break your unbreakable thing 6 ways in a day.
    1. …in reply to @ruthbrarian
      or, as some else pointed out re: buying items in video games w/the company never knowing: "I pay via PayPal, then go into the game and trade an item of little value to a bot account, which offers me the item I paid cash for. No money changed hands in-game. It's all automated."