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Oh, so normally NFTs don't actually contain the digital artwork, just a reference to it? I assumed that the art itself would be stored into the blockchain, whi
by simias 6y ago
Oh, so normally NFTs don't actually contain the digital artwork, just a reference to it?
I assumed that the art itself would be stored into the blockchain, which would give it some form of permanence.
- WJW 6y agoThat only works for digital things, for obvious reasons.
- PavleMiha 6y agoThe vast majority of NFT's sell art that is not on the blockchain, is hosted somewhere else. There are some pixel art-y small things that people have put on the actual blockchain but it's rare.
- another_sock 6y agoYeah, most NFTs are just references to a database hosting a file somewhere. There are exceptions, but this is the case with sites like Rarible as far as I know. The exceptions are less popular and less well known because they aren't scams and are actually interesting technology-wise, and thus aren't doing a ton of marketing or promotion or being used for money laundering or tax scams like most NFTs currently are.