When reynad claims he never mentioned NFTs, he’s being misleading but not exactly false. The term NFT wasn’t commonly used during those earlier conversations. However, what he was describing back then is essentially identical to what we now call NFTs - digital ownership tokens and blockchain-based collectibles. He’s using the fact that the specific terminology wasn’t popular yet to avoid accountability for his previous statements. The concept he discussed matches NFT functionality perfectly, just without using that exact phrase. Don’t let him use this technicality to rewrite history about what he actually proposed.
totally agree! he’s playin’ with words to get outta trouble. even if they weren’t called NFTs back then, his vision was still about digital ownership n’ collectibles. can’t let him change the narrative now!
Hold up - what exactly did Reynad say in those earlier conversations? Can anyone pull up the actual quotes or transcripts?
You’re right that it sounds identical to NFTs, but I want to see his exact words. Did he mention blockchain verification for digital items? Smart contracts? The whole “provable ownership” angle?
If we’re calling him out on this semantic dodge, having his actual statements would be way more powerful. Then he can’t backtrack with “that’s not what I meant.”
Anyone archive those old discussions? I’m curious how close his original descriptions were to modern NFT functionality. Might be worth digging up if we want to shut down this revisionist history he’s pushing.
This semantic deflection is everywhere in blockchain now. I saw the same thing back in the day when people talked about programmable digital assets and tokenized ownership without using today’s terms. The mechanics reynad described for blockchain collectibles? That’s basically NFTs. He’s like a politician claiming he never backed a bill while pushing identical policies under different names. Everything he outlined - the tech framework, the ownership model - that’s what defines NFTs today. The vocabulary doesn’t matter. What he described matters.