> is there anything inherent to NFTs that they need to be on a decentralized blockchain? Technically you absolutely can run a centralized blockchain and mint N

> is there anything inherent to NFTs that they need to be on a decentralized blockchain? Technically you absolutely can run a centralized blockchain and mint NFTs on it (EVE Online did this recently in their latest Alliance Tournament, where IIRC the corpses of player characters who were killed during the event became immortalized as NFTs on an isolated branch of Tezos that was created for the event). But at that point congratulations, you've just made a worse database. The only point of blockchain tech is decentralization (if you care about features and not just branding your product with the latest hype).