Tokenize your JPEG and make millions. That's what the market is selling anyway.
There has been plenty of news on NFTs. I know you're not stupid. I don't have to talk about this at great length. They're fun and trendy for the moment. Decentralized art galleries are a fun concept. However, after looking upon the seas of crypto-dogs/baby-dogs/apes/space-apes/baby-space-apes it becomes clear that these collections are on the less serious side.
Don't get me wrong, there is some serious art talent out there and I encourage you to find it and take a look, but most NFTs are little more than poorly thought out memes. They're not the type that make you laugh either.
I suspect there is a whole whopping mess of better things to come in the future from non-fungible tokens. I'm just not sure that art is the one.
"What does that mean for me?", you ask.
As we all know, crypto is what you make of it. The never-ending question of, "Where does the value come from" is simply answered by it's whatever you want it to be.
So what do you want NFTs to be?
I thought about this. I'm currently taking a few computer science classes, but I'm no where near talented enough to help my crypto visions materialize. I can however very easily transfer one. (Especially on our fee-less blockchain.)
was one of the first people to comment on my post. How awesome is it that I can give someone their first NFT? (Regardless of the actual value.) I'm sure it's not going to be groundbreaking stuff for most people, but sometimes a little goes a long way.
This place is nothing without the community. Take a look at Steem now (ZING).
Lexansky probably won't go running home to mom to tell her how I have given him a cartoon. To me it's the equivalent of a thank you note. I don't have a ton of Hive to offer in the form of upvotes. Right now, I'm not in the financial position to be purchasing a lot more. I can easily figure out how to better engage with people that stop by my blog though.
Isn't that what this stuff is all about?
What do small gestures mean to you all?
**Edit: How crazy is it that I decide to do this on this guy's birthday? That's awesome.