I still think it's much ado about nothing. Maybe I'm missing something, but someone has to be buying the skins for any of this to work.
It's basically NFT-like market speculation, but done within the marketplace and cutting Steam in on the profits.
If all these stories weren't propping it up as, "lol, banana!" it would have collapsed already.
It would be a harmless shitpost of an idea if it weren't for the top game charts. Block it from charting it and let people have their stupid fun.
It's basically NFT-like market speculation, but done within the marketplace and cutting Steam in on the profits.
I should tell you something I remember hearing from Cryptobros. They would often use steam's item trading marketplace as a sort of sign that NFTs could work, saying that their version was open source and free of DRM. However, I think that this entire fiasco could be seen as a warning sign of why this example could be turned against them, especially considering the CSGO skin gambling debacles, and I don't think they know how to solve most of the problems that already exist with steam's marketplace.
If mainstream media is reporting on something like this without shitting on it, it's not important enough to worry about and is a distraction from things that are.
I still think it's much ado about nothing. Maybe I'm missing something, but someone has to be buying the skins for any of this to work.
It's basically NFT-like market speculation, but done within the marketplace and cutting Steam in on the profits.
If all these stories weren't propping it up as, "lol, banana!" it would have collapsed already.
It would be a harmless shitpost of an idea if it weren't for the top game charts. Block it from charting it and let people have their stupid fun.
I should tell you something I remember hearing from Cryptobros. They would often use steam's item trading marketplace as a sort of sign that NFTs could work, saying that their version was open source and free of DRM. However, I think that this entire fiasco could be seen as a warning sign of why this example could be turned against them, especially considering the CSGO skin gambling debacles, and I don't think they know how to solve most of the problems that already exist with steam's marketplace.
If mainstream media is reporting on something like this without shitting on it, it's not important enough to worry about and is a distraction from things that are.