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I'm reading it now and I still don't understand it. Was the league hiding?
They didn't disclose the fact that the passes would be using blockchain technology, apparently. Quite why they thought this was necessary is not clear, but it's not inherently a bad thing.
Unfortunately for them, however, blockchain/cryptocurrency/NFTs are all interchangeable according to the general public, so this has created a bit of a backlash.
From the quotes in the article, they didn't just "not disclose" so much as "lied". Regardless of subject matter, when someone cares enough to make sure something they don't want to be associated with isn't involved and then they find out it actually is, they have a right to be upset.
They didn't lie, though.
The quote you refer to said:
Which is a misunderstanding on the part of the author of that tweet: blockchain ≠ crypto. While it is the technology that crypto and NFTs are based on, blockchain can be used for a wide variety of different purposes.
So while the organizers probably should have been more clear about how they were going to implement the technology, it appears they didn't say anything that wasn't true.
Not so. There are plenty of use cases that already have better solutions.
Coincidentally this article is about a use case that isn't crypto. Clearly you didn't read anything more than the title.
Did the implosion cause the reveal?