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In reply to the discussion: Trump's digital trading cards -- I don't get it [View all]Ocelot II
(115,985 posts)16. The supposed value of an NFT is that they can be resold,
and a screen shot wouldn't have the digital marker proving ownership. You buy these things not because you want the picture but because you want the investment. An expert forgery of Van Gogh's "Starry Night," or even a good-quality photo reproduction, would be just as beautiful hanging on your living room wall as the original, but art collectors want the originals because of their monetary value. If you owned the original "Starry Night" you could sell it for millions. NFTs are the same thing, only digital, but since you have to carry them around on your phone or your laptop and can't even hang them on your wall, their aesthetic value is negligible. So it's really just bitcoin involving art.
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I just sent you a short video on blockchain tech, and it is far from just cryptocurrency
Celerity
Dec 2022
#38
I think Trump NFTs are a joke because it is Trump for one, and also because the NFT market is
Celerity
Dec 2022
#42
the funny thing is, I have been dealing with virtual items since I was 6 years old, in Second Life
Celerity
Dec 2022
#45
NFT Trump Trading Cards? Ohhh..."JOY!" 🙄🙄🙄🙄 Yeah, I know I'm Not the target market😄.
electric_blue68
Dec 2022
#51
It's like taking a picture with a digital camera, and encoding it to be ONE OF A KIND, and then sell
Brainfodder
Dec 2022
#52