Coffee Pinewood on Nostr: The best description of NFTs I read was comparing it to the "Buy and/or name your own ...
The best description of NFTs I read was comparing it to the "Buy and/or name your own star" thingies that used be around the 90s.
You cannot really buy a star or name it. You certainly cannot enforce it or exploit it. All you bought back then was that in the database of this specific provider, you were listed as the "owner" of that star. Meanwhile, another provider could have sold the same star to your uncle.
...
That's what NFTs are, and they are equally useless.
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