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WallStreetBets members adopt 3,500 gorillas in six days

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Re: WallStreetBets members adopt 3,500 gorillas in six days

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Post by epanchin »

tudorw wrote: post #48
skohan wrote: post #24

Just to put this in perspective, the global population of mountain gorillas is 1,063, so this represents the symbolic adoption of over 3 times the mountain gorillas alive in the wild! I hope this unexpected boon in capital will allow for some meaningful work in preserving and protecting these rare animals. It would be an interesting footnote in history if we can look back in 50 years and draw a line between an intern…

Can someone get busy wrapping endangered species as NFT's and direct the funds accordingly, timing seems about right...

A token that needed a regular transfer of funds to retain ownership would be really quite neat.

A contract that showed I am the adoptee of Harry the gorilla, and provides a regular income for the charity. If I can’t keep up the payment I sell the token.

Fail to pay or sell the token and it reverts to the charity issuer.

Re: WallStreetBets members adopt 3,500 gorillas in six days

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Post by o_m »

tudorw wrote: post #48
skohan wrote: post #24

Just to put this in perspective, the global population of mountain gorillas is 1,063, so this represents the symbolic adoption of over 3 times the mountain gorillas alive in the wild! I hope this unexpected boon in capital will allow for some meaningful work in preserving and protecting these rare animals. It would be an interesting footnote in history if we can look back in 50 years and draw a line between an intern…

Can someone get busy wrapping endangered species as NFT's and direct the funds accordingly, timing seems about right...

Or take the adoption a step further and create an unique NFT for each Gorilla

Re: WallStreetBets members adopt 3,500 gorillas in six days

#53

Post by edoloughlin »

tudorw wrote: post #48
skohan wrote: post #24

Just to put this in perspective, the global population of mountain gorillas is 1,063, so this represents the symbolic adoption of over 3 times the mountain gorillas alive in the wild! I hope this unexpected boon in capital will allow for some meaningful work in preserving and protecting these rare animals. It would be an interesting footnote in history if we can look back in 50 years and draw a line between an intern…

Can someone get busy wrapping endangered species as NFT's and direct the funds accordingly, timing seems about right...

Can someone get busy wrapping endangered species as NFT's and direct the funds accordingly'

Can't help but wonder how much habitat is destroyed by the generation of a token.

Re: WallStreetBets members adopt 3,500 gorillas in six days

#54

Post by viraptor »

epanchin wrote: post #51
tudorw wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can someone get busy wrapping endangered species as NFT's and direct the funds accordingly, timing seems about right...

A token that needed a regular transfer of funds to retain ownership would be really quite neat. A contract that showed I am the adoptee of Harry the gorilla, and provides a regular income for the charity. If I can’t keep up the payment I sell the token. Fail to pay or sell the token and it reverts to the charity issuer.

You can do that without the NFT right now with many charities. If you want it publicly visible you can tweet your receipt.

Re: WallStreetBets members adopt 3,500 gorillas in six days

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Post by tudorw »

edoloughlin wrote: post #53
tudorw wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can someone get busy wrapping endangered species as NFT's and direct the funds accordingly, timing seems about right...

Can someone get busy wrapping endangered species as NFT's and direct the funds accordingly' Can't help but wonder how much habitat is destroyed by the generation of a token.

Energy usage is a recognised issue and while it offers challenges they are understood and developers are keen to address this. If you want to start deconstruction of the industrial military complex that would be just fine and might really start to change things, until then I argue there are more worthy targets for your ire than the energy use of an emerging technology.

Re: WallStreetBets members adopt 3,500 gorillas in six days

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Post by tudorw »

o_m wrote: post #52
tudorw wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can someone get busy wrapping endangered species as NFT's and direct the funds accordingly, timing seems about right...

Or take the adoption a step further and create an unique NFT for each Gorilla

That's along the lines I was thinking, then they could be freely traded by collectors with some kind of profit share going back to those in a position to help.

Re: WallStreetBets members adopt 3,500 gorillas in six days

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Post by tudorw »

viraptor wrote: post #54
epanchin wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A token that needed a regular transfer of funds to retain ownership would be really quite neat. A contract that showed I am the adoptee of Harry the gorilla, and provides a regular income for the charity. If I can’t keep up the payment I sell the token. Fail to pay or sell the token and it reverts to the charity issuer.

You can do that without the NFT right now with many charities. If you want it publicly visible you can tweet your receipt.

Yes, but I cannot buy, sell and speculate with that.

Re: WallStreetBets members adopt 3,500 gorillas in six days

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Post by TeMPOraL »

iso1631 wrote: post #43
skohan wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"adoption" is the terminology used by the foundation, and symbolic adoption is a known quantity in this type of operation so I don't have a problem with it. However referring to wallstreet bets users as "investors" does seem like a bit of a misnomer...

I think "investors", with the quotes, is quite accurate "investors" would be wrong ""investors"" would be fine How do you quote this type of quote?

"\"investors\"", obviously :).

Re: WallStreetBets members adopt 3,500 gorillas in six days

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Post by tudorw »

tudorw wrote: post #55
edoloughlin wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can someone get busy wrapping endangered species as NFT's and direct the funds accordingly' Can't help but wonder how much habitat is destroyed by the generation of a token.

Energy usage is a recognised issue and while it offers challenges they are understood and developers are keen to address this. If you want to start deconstruction of the industrial military complex that would be just fine and might really start to change things, until then I argue there are more worthy targets for your ire than the energy use of an emerging technology.

Which token, which platform, there are more than 1

Re: WallStreetBets members adopt 3,500 gorillas in six days

#60

Post by dmos62 »

jasode wrote: post #33
make3 wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

also they don't adopt them, they fund their caretaking. this title is pretty poor.

>also they don't adopt them, they fund their caretaking. this title is pretty poor. We don't have to be mega pedantic about words not being used for its literal meaning. The Dian Fossey Fund uses the word "adopt" in a symbolic way like many other charities do: https://fosseyfund.salsalabs.org/adopthomepage/index.html

It's not being pedantic, but accurate. It took me a confusing 30 seconds to understand that the gorrilas won't be coming home with the owners of Reddit.
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