I wasn’t. I pointed out that no significant blockchains used GPUs (especially not Ethereum, the main NFT-supporting blockchain, which has transitioned to proof-of-stake instead of proof-of-work). That puts them outside the question of “wastefulness” altogether, and irrelevant to the subject at hand.
I have no idea what point you’re trying to make here. The comment I responded to said:
We really need to tax energy used by GPU-burning projects differently. AI training, blockchain, whatever. Such a wasteful endeavour.
And I pointed out that blockchain doesn’t use GPUs any more. NFTs weren’t even mentioned specifically. Then the thread went further into discussing AI specifically, not even blockchain at that point, and you jumped in to say “people still use nfts”. It was almost a non-sequitur.
I’m not saying anything about NFTs. You don’t need to jump in and “defend” them.
I wasn’t. I pointed out that no significant blockchains used GPUs (especially not Ethereum, the main NFT-supporting blockchain, which has transitioned to proof-of-stake instead of proof-of-work). That puts them outside the question of “wastefulness” altogether, and irrelevant to the subject at hand.
“it’s not wasteful because now they’re only wasting less resources”
I have no idea what point you’re trying to make here. The comment I responded to said:
And I pointed out that blockchain doesn’t use GPUs any more. NFTs weren’t even mentioned specifically. Then the thread went further into discussing AI specifically, not even blockchain at that point, and you jumped in to say “people still use nfts”. It was almost a non-sequitur.
I’m not saying anything about NFTs. You don’t need to jump in and “defend” them.