But for authenticating an event pass? That’s what NFTs were actually designed for. So it’s a little weird seeing one of the first large-scale uses of NFTs for their correct purpose getting hated on by everybody.
But this is an event pass for a league…as in, an organized and well-known central agency managing the event. You don’t need a blockchain for this, because you don’t need any decentralization. Just buy the shit from the trusted party who manages that transactional history in a database developed with 60 year old technology with none of the weirdness and problems of blockchains. If you don’t trust the event organizer, then a provable certificate that your pass is legit is worthless, because the event organizer can just decline to accept your pass anyway.
Just buy the shit from the trusted party who manages that transactional history in a database developed with 60 year old technology
I think you just accidentally explained the advantage to NFT passes for this situation. You don’t have to trust them, because the clockchain ledger validates your pass, irrespective of whatever party is managing it.
But this is an event pass for a league…as in, an organized and well-known central agency managing the event. You don’t need a blockchain for this, because you don’t need any decentralization. Just buy the shit from the trusted party who manages that transactional history in a database developed with 60 year old technology with none of the weirdness and problems of blockchains. If you don’t trust the event organizer, then a provable certificate that your pass is legit is worthless, because the event organizer can just decline to accept your pass anyway.
I think you just accidentally explained the advantage to NFT passes for this situation. You don’t have to trust them, because the clockchain ledger validates your pass, irrespective of whatever party is managing it.