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RE: NFT Showroom artist guide / Create an account / get whitelisted / tokenize!

in #art3 years ago

Thanks for the answer, @bryan-imhoff.

I believe the whole idea of "owning" is predicated on exclusivity ... So if everybody can simply right-click and download the hi-res file, then there's much less reason to buy it. Personally, I think the whole "NFT" thing is rather annoying and obfuscating. I believe a large majority of people would rather buy art than a funny-sounding acronym. Although the blockchain environment skews our perception: among the tiny sliver of blockchain-savvy people, the proportions are reversed: because of the hype, the NFT-seekers are in a majority. But "art" or "NFT", exclusivity should be part of the proposition.

Here is an article I wrote some time ago about this.

https://peakd.com/blockchain/@sorin.cristescu/revisiting-steemland-a-fairer-and-more-transparent-art-market-as-a-new-export

It was before the NFT-craze. I reckon "crazes" like these are good though, as they spur investment