How to Explain NFTs to People Who Think They're Just JPEGsby@gavinb
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How to Explain NFTs to People Who Think They're Just JPEGs

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The JPEG is not the NFT. An NFT is a token, no different than Bitcoin or Ethereum, meaning they can not be duplicated. NFTs, however, come tethered to a piece of media, and that grants you official, blockchain-certified ownership of that media. It doesn't matter who has it saved, it is yours, and you can prove it.

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