The day started early and it was far from the small changes on a daily basis that I am trying to get in to doing. To be honest it was the promise of wine tasting that sealed the deal on a suggested hike through the Bukk Mountains near Eger in Hungary. Walk through the Mountains, visit the Beehive stones that are at least 1200 years old and then finish with a wine tasting and snacks. Start at 8.30am finish for around 1.30pm. Taste the wine and then home!
Counting through the 27,000+…
During the 27,000+ steps (seeing the stones that experts are still not sure why they were carved in such a way, bar the obvious ones, small caves for living and shelter for animals) the weather was the Mistry rain type, which our guide described as contemplative weather, not the big sweeping view weather on sunny hikes! (Always a positive angle if you “look” for it!) we discussed the tools used to deliver utilities through these stones. The utility piece give us the strange link to a conversation on NFTs, then Smart Contracts. with a brief sojourn into Discord. Well I brought NFTs up as soon as utility was mentioned!
1200 year old stones, NFT`s and Smart Contracts…
Our tour guide managed the Bukk national park for over 20 years and is now a geography teacher in a very deprived area outside of Eger. He has forged a connection with the dis-enfranchised children through his love of collecting Obsidian and the fact the children know what that is, as they play Minecraft?? Go Figure? So in unlikely connection links on the multi use of 1200 carvings, I linked to NFT`s. The tour guides son, an I.T. student had the opinion of ”NFT`s, cannot see them going anywhere, have you seen how the prices have collapsed and the endless numbers of them ?” Fair points indeed, but when I spoke about NFT`s with real utility and then the smart contract possibilities with them, there was a look of intense concentration and a “I need to research these further” statement.
Real world Utility, the requirement for longevity?
One conundrum of the carvings is that because there is a possible number of uses for them, no one can agree on if they were actually used for some of the suggested uses. It took a lot of effort 1200 years to carve rock, so not many were carved and it seems fair that due to effort and supply, they were used for multiple things. Now compare the effort for NFT`s. Some don`t take any effort at all to produce, and there are thousands of them. With these two things in mind, I think the statement on them not going anywhere is perfectly valid. They might be trendy for a bit, go viral and get some hype but in the end they will fade into nonexistence. No prediction here, as that is what we have seen over the past year. The NFT`s that take effort, have utility and scarcity, now they are a different story,
Beekeeping, Altars or storage for food….
These are some suggestions on the carvings, different utilities, uses back in the day that ensured longevity. NFTs with utility through their smart contract do have longevity and a great future. We are just seeing this, by how they can be used Authenticity of products, Property, Medical Records, Identity verification, Academic Credentials; I am on a course at the moment where the lecture notes and certificates come as NFTs dropped to to my wallet as I complete the required study, Intellectual property and Patents, Supply chain, Ticketing, Voting, Gaming, Artwork Royalties, and that real catch all that also people cannot decide what its use is, the Metaverse!!!
NFTs and just as important the smart contract that goes with them, are really in their infancy and way wat beyond the Cartoon PFP or Jpeg`s that people dismiss them as, the prices have been stupid, but the real utility is coming and fast.
Check out all the possible uses, enjoyable with a glass of wine…
The wine tasting after the walking, was great, a real history and some great facts. The Bukk Mountain area for wine hasn`t yet found its flagship wine to be noted by, but one in particular was a corker. A white from the Zenit grape!! Never heard of them neither had I, a modern grape variety invented in the 70`s that took 20 years to get right. Great thing take time and effort and have to have a purpose. Like NFTs the wine producer wants a notable difference. The snacks, 3 spreads and some fresh bread. One of the snacks, a creamed Pork Crackling Pate!! Now that my friends, is a real Utility for Pork!!! From the Gods itself.,well actually an old lady in the village… The NFT for the ingredient is on its way……….
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