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Old 16 May 2022, 11:26 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by beshannon View Post
As an IT person I agree with you.

[I]A non-fungible token (NFT) is a financial security consisting of digital data stored in a blockchain, a form of distributed ledger...
Thanks Brian, that actually makes sense.

What does not make sense, to me, is why there is any value associated with (for example) an NFT of an image of a cow. So that means that the person who owns the image of the cow has digital proof of that ownership. However, since that image is often available on the Internet, and I (a non-owner of the NFT) can go look at that cow any time I want, then where's the value? Now, natch, I don't own the image, but if I can look at it, what does it really matter?

As an analogy, you have an NFT for your car, but I have a spare set of keys.

At least, that's how my little brain thinks of it. By the way, your car is nearly out of gas and needs a wash.
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