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Possible but I really don't see how nfts are any better than the current digital tickets system
Totally fair. I just see at as one of the many uses that are possible. Let's day you couldn't make it to an event and wanted to sell your ticket. It would be pretty easy to get the other users wallet address and make the exchange. Also, not all blockchains have high transaction fees. On the Solana network, for example, you can make the exchange for a fraction of a cent. It would cost you roughly. $0.0021 to make the trade.
I'm curious about this use case. It actually sounds pretty convenient, but it also sounds like a wet dream for scalpers since it makes it so easy to buy a bunch and resell for insane prices. On one hand, the price someone is willing to pay is the true value, so you could argue that the original seller wasn't charging enough. But on the other hand, if scalpers buy up all the supply then they're artificially increasing the price. I don't really know anything about economics, I'm just guessing.
In the traditional world of tickets, you could hypothetically prevent reselling by tying a ticket to a person's id (not that anybody does this, but you could). But in the nft world you described where you can resell your ticket, is there any solution to prevent scalping?
Honestly, right now it's like the wild west. The markets need a form of regulation. For that reason, I'd never recommend anyone get into nft trading without some serious research put into it. But as the space evolves, there will likely be thing put in place to solve this issue.
Also wanted to say I also very much appreciate your response. Most here have decided to attack me instead of actually holding an intellectual conversation. Hope you have a great day!
The truly decentralized portions of the market can't be directly regulated. A feature not a bug as the point of decentralization is a trustless environment with no overlords, middlemen or gatekeepers.
The places regulation can touch are endpoints: fiat on/off ramps, legal entities (companies, orgs) operating in the space, people's freedoms in regards to the ability to interact with crypto etc. Regulating those endpoints in an attempt to manage the decentralized interior requires a level of nuance and respect for people's privacy and liberty that first-world governments have so far yet to demonstrate.
In lieu of sweeping regulations (which can have many downsides), the "web3" industry would be well served to get it's act together internally with tech solutions to problems like rug pulls, scam tokens, wash trading and such. The example of fiat markets shows such problems can't be completely eliminated but if tech solutions can eliminate just some or most of them that'd make the playing field safer by orders of magnitude.
Note to any unware: "Trustless" in this sense means the ability to transact without having to "trust" any outside authority to regulate, allow or manage the transaction for you. Everything programmatically handled and equally open to inspection and validation by all involved.
Built-in price ceiling and verifiability. Resales could be limited or completely forbidden as well.