> Cut out the massive extra fees to crypto middlemen and staggering environmental damage Neither of these are necessary for NFTs; it's perfectly possible for a

> Cut out the massive extra fees to crypto middlemen and staggering environmental damage Neither of these are necessary for NFTs; it's perfectly possible for artists to mint the NFTs themselves (thus cutting out middlemen entirely) using blockchains that don't rely on mining at all (namely, anything built on proof-of-stake).