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> But ultimately how is that different from the arbitrary rules we use to define which physical object is the "original" and why those arbitrary rules define va

> But ultimately how is that different from the arbitrary rules we use to define which physical object is the "original" and why those arbitrary rules define value. It's different because the artist actually put their brush on the original canvas, but not the copies. I could buy that the emphasis we put on the original having more value is arbitrary, but there's nothing actually arbitrary about selecting which painting is _the original_. The problem I see with NFTs is that the arbitrariness is shifted from deciding which piece has value (original vs copy) to which one is _the original_ (copy A or copy B). They're both copies.

tshaddox 5y ago
> It's different because the artist actually put their brush on the original canvas, but not the copies. And, identically, the NFT of a digital work is different from copies of the digital work because the artist actually issued the NFT. > I could buy that the emphasis we put on the original having more value is arbitrary, but there's nothing actually arbitrary about selecting which painting is _the original_. And again, the situation with NFTs is identical. There's nothing arbitrary about determining the NFT issued by the artist and who controls that NFT (assuming the NFT blockchain technology works as intended), in fact it should be much easier than determining the originality of a famous painting.