Some years ago I posted <https://groups.google.com/g/tiddlywiki/c/sh3Sz1DVOVs/m/RZn-EBv9CgAJ> the idea about TW on blockchain (i.e the tech upon which e.g Bitcoin is based). It was not met with any enthusiasm but I wonder if the sentiment is still the same.
At least two things have changed: 1. We now all curse at why we didn't by loads of cryptocoins ;-) 2. The concept of NFT's have become more mainstream. In brief, a NFT <https://cryptopotato.com/what-is-nft/>is an entitiy on a blockchain that is unique and non-divisable. I can definitely see a case for tiddlers as NFTs. Both entities are uniqe and can have a unique owner. They are public and forkable (i.e 'copyable'). I assume also full TW's could be NFTs. A tiddler author could have a physical proof of origination and ownership. The NFT could probably be made to contain revision history. In addition it could make tiddlers tradeable. Why would anybody want that? I don't know, but I can at least *understand* that some things manifested in tiddly form could have economic value. When we think of tiddlers today, they are freely shared so instead think of the tiddlers that we don't see today. Just like e.g "images" can be freely shared (great!) there is also *justification* for non-free images. Or burger recipes. Or custom tiddly solutions. I would not be surprised if TW-on-blockchain is created one sunny day, when the blockchain tech is simplified to a degree that is is easy enough to set these things up and the costs are low enough, including costs from of using the system. Motovun Jack as a CryptoKitty, anybody? Just sayin. <:-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/ad3577d3-88f7-4c4a-8ac0-c56d9a96e9b8n%40googlegroups.com.
