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The Sotheby's auction house has been named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by investors who regret buying Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs that sold for highly inflated prices during the NFT craze in 2021.

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[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I dunno. That’s kinda neat. Maybe in like 20,000 years humans will be exploring the Mongostein system.

[–] Eranziel@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You missed the part where literally nobody else will look to those registries to see what random people named them.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Doesn’t NASA do it? I dunno. I always thought it was kind of neat, but ultimately pointless.

[–] Pipoca@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nope. The names are entirely unofficial. No one uses them.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well I’ll be a monkey’s uncle.

I've got a 50,000 dollar picture of your nephew