> If the actual collector's item is freely available and all you get is your name listed as having paid for it I think this really hits the nail on the head. E

> If the actual collector's item is freely available and all you get is your name listed as having paid for it I think this really hits the nail on the head. Even if you 'own' an NFT, you have no control over who gets to see it, who doesn't get to see it, who can casually claim to own it and show it on their phone (since it is after all identical to the real deal and no one's going to sit there in the bar and verify it - at least not without the existence of some kind of designated authority). This means that you did quite literally pay to have your name listed as the owner in some obscure place people may or may not care to check unless you're doing a buy/sell transaction.