NFT - Non-fungible token is a digital asset portraying real-world objects such as videos, music, art, in-game items, and even memes. You can purchase and sell NFT online, more often with cryptocurrency. Besides, the similar underlying software used in cryptos encodes them.
2. What are NFTs?
• NFT - Non-fungible token is a digital asset portraying real-world objects such as videos, music,
art, in-game items, and even memes. You can purchase and sell NFT online, more often with
cryptocurrency. Besides, the similar underlying software used in cryptos encodes them.
• The term "non-fungible" defines that every token is unique, and you cannot exchange it for
something similar. You can exchange any fungible item with an equivalent item, for example, a
$10 bill with another $10 bill. Recently, Twitter's founder Jake Dorsey converted his tweet into an
NFT sold for $2.9 million. This tweet is unique, and no other NFT would be the same, which is
where non-fungible begins to make sense.
• They are just like any other item of a collector, such as a classic action figure or a painting;
however, rather than purchasing a tangible thing, you will pay for a file and proof that you
possess the original copy.
3. How Do NFTs Work?
• NFTs ownership and unique identity can be verified through a blockchain ledger. Initially,
Ethereum blockchain released NFT; however, other blockchains like Bitcoin Cash and FLOW are
supporting them.
• Whether the original file is a GIF, JPG, MP3, or any other thing, the NFT that you possess showing
uniqueness can be purchased and sold the same way as any other art. If a physical art needs to
be sold, the price is fixed by the NFT marketplace demand.
• If you visit an art gallery, you'd see numerous replicated prints of it, so NFTs work similarly. You'd
find some valid blockchain components, yet they wouldn't possess the exact value as the original
one. NFTs arrive with a license to the digital asset it belongs to; however, this doesn't
immediately grant copyright ownership. The copyright owner would recreate work, and the NFT
owner gets no royalties on it.
4. Where Can You
Trade NFTs?
• Don't mislead yourself by believing that you can hack the system by just right-
clicking and saving a specific NFT image. That won't take you anywhere or make
you a millionaire. This is because you have just downloaded a file, and it won't
possess the information that includes it in the blockchain space and recognizes
the file as the original one.
• If you don’t know how to buy NFT, you need to visit certain platforms,
depending on your choice. Suppose you wish to purchase baseball cards; you
would visit a site related to digital trading cards, while other sites trade more
general pieces. You will then require a wallet that would work on that platform
from where you are trading and fill that wallet with cryptocurrency.
• With the hefty demand of NFTs, they are launched as 'drops,' just like before an
event, a bunch of tickets is released at specific intervals. This tells us that
buyers would be eager when the drop begins, so you have to register, top up
your wallet, and spend it wherever you wish.
5. The following sites sell NFTs:
1. Open Sea NFT
2. SuperRare
3. Nifty Gateway
4. Foundation
5. VIV3
6. BakerySwap
7. Axie NFT Marketplace
8. Rarible
9. NFT ShowRoom
There is a massive wave seen in in-game NFT purchases. The player can easily acquire and sell these digital assets,
including avatars, swords, or skins.
6. Standard Attributes of NFTs
1. Unique - NFT has its unique property, which is stored in the metadata of tokens. No two NFTs
can be the same. Conversely, an original image .jpg file is similar to its copy, a .jpg file.
2. Indivisible - You cannot split NFTs into smaller denominations and also cannot purchase or
transfer a part of it.
3. Ownership - You get a guarantee of the ownership of the asset which is transferred with
these tokens.
4. Digitally scarce resource - NFT gets stored in the blockchain network, and therefore, its
certificate of ownership is there present on several networks, turning it possible to prove the
the ownership of the digital asset.