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@zinger
It's unfortunate that "minting" ever became a popular term, just call it what it is in context: buying, collecting, tipping, etc. People say "mint" when they really mean "save to the blockchain", a byproduct of early adopters in the space caring too much about the tech and not enough about the benefits NFTs are just digital receipts, calling the action of acquiring them "minting" is like saying "I saved something to the Visa database" instead of "I bought something"
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Henry 🧾
@hengar.eth
If this cast was mintable, I would
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Zach
@zd
this morning i saved my coffee purchase to the visa database
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nis.eth
@literature
Minted!
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tomu
@tomu
i hope mint will be the only crypto term that actually goes mainstream when you mint, you create a unique asset in the blockchain
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Jack Dishman
@dish
The term "mint" comes from the Romans use of the word _moneta_, or currency in Italian, so it's been popular for a while. I see your point though, and to go further, I think the mint term plays more into the negative connotation of "creating money out of thin air"
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max ↑🎩
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jacopo.eth
@jacopo.eth
minting means coining new currency, so not exchanging value (buying / trading) or saving state onchain. "mint a hat" I agree would be horrible, but generally it's properly related to erc20 / nfts right? actually one of the few crypto terms i like as it's technically correct, meaningful, and it's something common folks can only do onchain. curious why the hate?
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zayd
@zayd
I think the activity around minting needs to be changed more tbh. A lot of new tech products came out with new semantics that were successful “snap” “reel” “TikTok”. people don’t call a snap a picture what it is because it’s fun to do that activity. People want a new action to do and that can be minting. What Base and Zora are doing around minting seems like a step in the direction.
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↑Dom
@onchaindom.eth
So the tech is novel but no word can describe it? The semantic space outside of buying/tipping/receipt is maybe the most interesting imo
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Otoro 🦉🔵
@otoro
It sounds cool though, no?
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