> The advocates say it's not a URL - it's the art you're buying I've found that most NFT advocates will agree that you are only paying for a receipt on the blo

> The advocates say it's not a URL - it's the art you're buying I've found that most NFT advocates will agree that you are only paying for a receipt on the blockchain that some central service like OpenSeas equates to you 'owning' a piece of art, and maybe the original artist too, but only conceptually and not legally (services that include signing over copyright notwithstanding). That this is mostly a status symbol for the wealthy to dump cash into, like digital diamonds, is also a not uncommon view - but the difference is that they think that is a valuable end unto itself, and people like myself don't.