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A key feature of NFTs has completely broken / Web3 was supposed to make sure the original artist always got paid. Not so much anymore.(www.theverge.com)

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Stinkywinks@lemmy.world
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Ik the technology is useful, but selling shit I can screen shot is fucking pointless. If you want to buy shit from the artist, just buy their shit.

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phoneymouse@lemmy.world
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What you’re buying when you purchase an NFT is a link to a website. That link shows the image. If the link ever breaks because the website goes down or out of business, it’s pretty worthless. I would have thought the implementation would be based on something more enduring like the actual content and not a link.

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anlumo@feddit.de
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Storing a full JPEG on the blockchain would be way too expensive. It’s not a bulk data storage system.

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phoneymouse@lemmy.world
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There are alternatives like storing a hash of some sort

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