Are Badges just NFTs? 🤔
Yes & No.
What are badges?
- They are images that are created by an issuer and sent to a receiver.
- Currently badges are non-transferrable, but this may change in the future.
- Badges are not “tokens on a blockchain”
- An issuer could choose to sell badges. He has full control over the creation and distribution.
What can badges do?
Most of the use cases that are circulating currently are around badges offering “membership rights”.
1. Being part of a community đź«‚
- The badge identifies you as part of a community
- It can be used to receive personal rewards
- It can be displayed on your profiles
2. Access Rights 🚦
- Private Clubs: Badges can grant user access to a private nostr clients, relays, and rooms. They, badges can be used to build a walled garden around specific content or features.
- Areas of Interest: Badges can be used to filter and access any sort of messaging boards. These can be focused for special areas of interest like, sports, music, technology…
- Subscription models: As a content creator, you can issue badges to your paid subscribers and even have different tiers of subscription with different access rights.
3. Paid badges đź’°
- It is likely that there will be paid badges, where people can buy a badge that will grant them specific perks.
- If badges become transferrable, it’s also likely that a market for badges may start to operate.
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2023-03-09 11:26:08
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