Well if that isn’t a nice stark reminder that digital goods aren’t yours.

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      14 days ago

      I feel like you struggled with your phrasing. I’ll help.

      “Blockchain is a scam.”

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      How? They could still revoke the key. You can say HWG5NJ-1YJCTU-RZPDFH all you want, if Steam says no, you’re equally SOL.

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      The only thing the blockchain has solved is, uh, well what have it actually “solved”?

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        It just a slow and energy hungry way of keeping records. It is indeed not the silver bullet some people make it.

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      Scam? That thing is mislabeled as “free”, people grabbed it for exactly $0, then the license of that key got pulled. No transaction happen in this case.