whats the difference with steam market place?<br>people been trading items for real money,(reply>), @Mart nfts also burn down forests at a time basically and are the largest hot spot for scams ever, illegal mining on your computer with out your knowledge, there being regulated and banned in places you know it's really all about valve making more money right,(reply>), The difference is that blockchains allow for individual freedom and true ownership, it's basically "smart money" which enables game publishers to implement fee structures in <b>any</b> secondary market, or for provable scarcity to be baked-in, and for lending/borrowing of in-game assets, amongst other things it simply allows real in-game economies and free market dynamics to emerge. This kind of innovation brings magnitudes more funding to gaming, gives <b>true</b> ownership to players, and it even has the potential to provide income to gamers in certain genres.<br><br>You can think of every blockchain game like a country with it's own currency, right now steam (and other game publishers/platforms) gatekeep every cent you put into it, they typically don't allow you to trade cross-platform or sell on whatever marketplace you choose, and you don't actually hold any legal right to your property. With NFTs and blockchain, these tokens follow universal standards that allow the end user unlimited freedom with their own assets. <br><br>TLDR: more revenue for the gaming industry and more freedom for the players.