re: 13-second Zion Williamson highlight sold for $100k : 'This is the future':

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but the idea is the exact same as physical sports trading cards.

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but the value is in the card itself not the picture or the stats on the back.

What do you get when you buy this highlight? Is it a login so you can watch the highlight on a special website as opposed to YouTube?

It’s kind of like cryptocurrency. You “own” these digital highlights made with blockchain technology in an online “wallet” the same way you could own cryptocurrency.

Just like cryptocurrency you won’t be holding it in your hands. You can view your highlights in your “wallet” or whatever they call it on the top shot website.

It's more of a password, but essentially yes.

I’m not a super expert here but I know there was a Lebron highlight that sold quite well and it was just a random highlight of him from last year. It was however either a very limited “card” or it might be the only Lebron that had been released at that time. Can’t remember.

I think calling it an NBAcoin is probably partially accurate and a good description. The value of each coin is based on the player involved and how many of that particular highlight is released within this spectrum. Just like a cardboard sports card, you can’t just magically turn it into $. You have to sell it.

I have no desire to own a highlight. I would love to open a pack of these digital cards and find a highlight that someone would pay me $100k for. The value of these things is purely determined by how much people will pay just like sports trading cards.

Collectors items.

ETA: I don’t think the highlight always matters. Like the Lebron highlight wasn’t anything special. At the same time if you got a highlight of like Luka Doncic first NBA basket or something then I’m guessing the actual highlight featured would matter more in that case when it comes to value.

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That being said, I wouldn’t be shocked to see this start to bring in other sports.

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Why limit it to sports?

I think if this concept crossed over to music and you could get a first edition one out of 500 digital copy of the next #1 rap single it could be even more lucrative.

Or movies, or TV shows, or even books.

All of these things already exist, just create a digital collector's version.

It still wouldn't make any damn sense to me, but the sky is the limit.

As a sports card collector, no one here can tell me what intrinsic value this product creates. There will always be a desire for the 52 mantle, Fleer Jordan, and various other highly valuable cards.
Has anyone mentioned that you can't even withdraw from this site at the moment, and when you can it'll be a max of $1k a month.

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 a sports card collector, no one here can tell me what intrinsic value this product creates

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It's the first thing of its kind like this.

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No it's not, guess you never heard of the great Cryptokitties. Tell me again what value blockchain adds to these highlights.

Just because the blockchain can confirm you own the "highlight" doesn't give it value. And it's a stretch to even say own. Owning would imply you could garner royalties any time someone used the highlight.

Blockchain does not create the scarcity. DapperLabs does and they can continue to increase print runs all they want. Who's to say they don't create a thousand more of these 13-second Zion highlights?