Your characters walk into a magic shop, but instead of buying magic items the shopkeeper offers to sell them scrolls of ownership. “There are infinite number of these scrolls,” he explains, “but they all use a decentralized mechanism to determine ownership!”
“Okay, I’ll buy one. Now where’s my +1 sword?” The fighter asks.
“The scrolls say that you own it” the shopkeeper unhelpfully reiterates. “And every other scroll will be updated to agree that you own it.”
No you don’t… Don’t apply enchanter DRM!!
Your enchanted sword refuses to turn on without the bladesmith’s proprietary Dongle of Unlocking
Your characters walk into a magic shop, but instead of buying magic items the shopkeeper offers to sell them scrolls of ownership. “There are infinite number of these scrolls,” he explains, “but they all use a decentralized mechanism to determine ownership!”
“Okay, I’ll buy one. Now where’s my +1 sword?” The fighter asks.
“The scrolls say that you own it” the shopkeeper unhelpfully reiterates. “And every other scroll will be updated to agree that you own it.”