The picture of the Girl meme Side-eying Chloe Clem was sold. The "original" copy of it was sold. (I'm not a big fan of computer networking, but if I understand it in very basic terms, then) the "original" copy was sold. NOT! The original would be on someone's computer, or if created online, then a server. The original would be on there, so the person buying it, with whatever code and verification of ownership, would still not be getting the original; rather, a copy. Consider this - the amount of computers between your phone/computer and the JoSM servers is not 0. It is could be 5 or more. Each time, the media from server to your device has to be on each computer in-between. These are known as hops.
An NFT of LeBron James making a historic dunk for the Lakers sold for more than $200,000. A decade-old "Nyan Cat" .gif sold for $600,000. Jack Dorsey's first tweet sold for $2.9 million. I don't know the current status, but Kings of Leon was or is releasing/has released an album in the form of an NFT. The artist Grimes sold a bunch of NFTs for nearly $6 million. Christie's auction house sold the first-ever NFT artwork — a collage of images by digital artist Beeple for $69.3 million.
Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, are pieces of digital content linked to the blockchain, the digital database underpinning cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and ethereum. Unlike NFTs, those assets are fungible, meaning they can be replaced or exchanged with another identical one of the same value, much like a dollar bill. NFTs, on the other hand, are unique and not mutually interchangeable, which means no two NFTs are the same.
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According to a video I saw, two NFTs could be the exact same picture. It seemed to say that the coding and verification stuff are unique.
I wonder if NFTs are also to do with "metaverse" and microchip. Things that make you go Mmn. Cue relevant Futurama clips. Not having physical stuff, but wasting too much money on "intellect"ual property. They have more money than sense. I bet celebrities will be forced into getting on-board with NFTs, as well.