US National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden (Edward Snowden) said that he is concerned about how certain privileged individuals or companies in the digital field can use irreplaceable tokens or NFTs in the gaming industry.

On Friday, Snowden spoke with Ethereum co-founder Gavin Wood at the BlockDown DeData online conference Said Although he has seen some use cases of using non-fungible tokens to raise funds for public welfare, he is worried that this technology “will enter the game quietly.” The whistleblower described some aspects of Metaverse as “terrible, heinous and miserable”, aiming to use the user’s virtual escape.

“We somebody tried [inject] An artificial sense of scarcity has entered the post-scarcity field,” Snowden said. “I think the community should work very hard to reverse the development curve and avoid injecting artificial and unnecessary scarcity solely for the benefit of certain investor classes. “

Wood seems to disagree with Snowden’s statement about the in-game NFT, equating virtual artifacts in the game with NFT artists selling their own musicHowever, Snowden countered that gamers “not paying for guaranteed products,” but buying “things with opportunities but no promises”, leaving room for exploitation.

“I don’t have any problems with game developers restricting access to their products in a way that has been used decades ago,” Wood said. “I think NFT is a more flexible way to restrict access to its products.”

Snowden and Wood’s comments come at a time when gaming companies appear to be spreading a wider network for the adoption of digital assets and NFTs.Andrew Wilson, CEO of the large video game company Electronic Arts, said in November NFT and games to earn games is the future Industry.Users seem to be interested too-on Wednesday, the NFT game Guild of Guardians announced that it has Sold more than 5 million U.S. dollars Before its launch in the first quarter of 2022, its native token.

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Snowden has been in exile in Russia since 2013. He continues to give interviews and express his views on Bitcoin (Bitcoin) And encrypted space.US National Security Agency whistleblower Use BTC to pay for server fees Before leaving the United States, he had leaked thousands of documents to reporters.