#web3 # Related - [[Blockchain]] - [[Web 3.0]] # [[Epistemic status]] #shower-thought # The current bottleneck of NTFs I had this conversation several time with people having concern regarding NFTs: you can just copy paste an image and say it belongs to you. Yes, you can, but from the machine point of view, this image does not belong to you ![[Pasted image 20220527132125.png]] The problem is that people are fooled by their senses, so we need software programs to reflect the [[Blockchain]] point of view, for example, uploading a profile picture to Twitter should require an interaction with the blockchain to check it's your. ## Blockchain & Pointers In computer [[Programming|programming]], some variables are internally stored in an address in your computer memory | Adress | Value | Variable name | | | -------- | ----- | ------------- | --- | | 0x897876 | 42 | foo | | | 0x885433 | 42 | bar | | `foo` and `bar` have the same value, but it's still a different address. ## Equality or identity If Bob is on the earth and is suddenly cloned (using some new tech) exactly, particles per particles, on the moon, is Bob2 equal to Bob1? | Adress | Value | Variable name | | ------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------- | | Earth | Carbon-based particles forming a bipedal life form descended from an ape by a process of [[Evolution\|evolution]] | Bob1 | | Moon | Same | Bob2 | # External links