Will the blockchain rebirth the value of collectables in the digital age?
The idea of "rare" is hard to consider in the digital age where everything digital can be copy and pasted hundreds of times, but just like every item duplication cheat of all time, when we have unlimited of the best thing, it quickly becomes not so great anymore.
But we can just copy paste it
Though we could always just photochopy a card, its not quite the same and was never really used as an argument against card collecting. Digital asset on the other hand, pose a major issue that would limit the rarity perception of an item or digital asset which was the hack factor. Since the data has a value that can be interpreted by the system, if you can manipulate that data you can manipulate the system.
Block-chain security
The blockchain offers a solution that both allows all transactions to be recorded but also gives information to how much of an asset exists and with quick trading allows for easy transfer of the collectable assets.
What can we collect?
We are not just bound to collecting cards, we may be collecting Avatars in the future as a possible Omni Avatar for all networks, maybe equipment, maybe models. Skins are already collected for games such as csGO which have given birth to a set of industries surrounding it such as Auction houses, Trading and csGO skin gambling websites that host everything from stock market sims like crash to roulette
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I will thank @Crypt0 for getting me into these as he mentioned them in one of his awesome YouTube episodes!
Nice bro I thought I saw every episode, thanks for putting me onto these xD
No worries! As a fellow collector of random shit it was my pleasure! ;)
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Wow, I was thinking the same thing the other day. Didn't know about the games you linked to.