Can anyone explain pls what an nft is?
Is it a crypto?
How do you sell a tweet and why would anyone buy something for millions that can get taken down by Twitter if it goes bankrupt
Here is my understanding of what NFT is (I hope it’s the right one, please feel free for anyone who knows better to add to it if it’s not complete):
The definition is in the name itself,
NFT = Non Fungible Token
The
Non Fungible part refers to anything that is unique and can not be replaced by another unit of the same thing like a unique painting, poem, Tweet, or even a domain name as opposed to things that are
Fungible which means that they can be replaced by a unit of the same thing like a bitcoin which means that it doesn’t matter which bitcoin you use they are all the same and can be traded for one another.
So basically
Non Fungible means unique and irreplaceable as opposed to
Fungible which means replaceable and not being so unique.
Now we get to the
Token part of it:
Which means you can create a digital certificate for your
Non Fungible item by creating a
Token for it which means adding it to the
Ledger on the
BlockChain.
In many cases it is this
Token (certificate) itself that is being bought and sold as
NFT, the actual item
may or
may not come with it.
Theoretically you can Tokenize any Non Fungible item or thing, but right now it seems that Art related items are the most popular.
Now as to why some NFTs are selling for millions of dollars that's the part that I am trying to figure out myself,
Some people say that NFT is going through a bubble and that later on even though the idea behind NFT might survive and flourish, but a lot of the value might evaporate for many of the things that are being bought and sold right now.
As with anything new there is an element of being able to take a chance (gamble) that things will end up as being projected.
IMO