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[-] 5oap10116@lemmy.world 85 points 2 weeks ago

"New crypto coin" is a weird way to say bribe money laundering

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Bribe. Scam. It's all snowballing into the same thing.

[-] desktop_user 1 points 2 weeks ago

treat them as unique beanie babys or basketsport cards. They are only worth anything because of their limited supply.

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago

Do you honestly think that, on the off chance that the Trump family sells out of these things, they won't immediately mint more? It's "limited" in the same way Marvel movies are limited.

[-] desktop_user 0 points 2 weeks ago

perhaps I should have been more clear, it's like those things when they were new.

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

No, when beanie babies were new you could play with them. When basketball cards were new you could trade them with your friends. They had inherent value first, and then they gained speculative value on the secondary market. Trump's grift has no inherent value now or ever.

[-] desktop_user 0 points 2 weeks ago

you can trade nfts with others, and they don't need to have significant value.

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

No, you can't. You can pretend to, but I can pretend to trade things with anyone without paying any money. The only thing stored on the Blockchain is a URL to an image which everyone just agrees to pretend that you own; if that server goes down, you have nothing.

[-] RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 weeks ago

My farts in a sealed bucket are extremely limited and yet I haven't found a single buyer.

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

If you did, I bet the supply would increase. Much like these "limited" Trump farts.

[-] aisteru@lemmy.aisteru.ch 2 points 2 weeks ago

On that note...

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