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.
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How is this not a scam?
Also, blockchain would solve this issue/risk
How? They could still revoke the key. You can say HWG5NJ-1YJCTU-RZPDFH all you want, if Steam says no, you’re equally SOL.
I feel like you struggled with your phrasing. I’ll help.
“Blockchain is a scam.”
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.
The only thing the blockchain has solved is, uh, well what have it actually “solved”?
It just a slow and energy hungry way of keeping records. It is indeed not the silver bullet some people make it.
A bad way to keep records too as it’s immutable.
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