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Out of curiosity (not into crypto so very little knowledge), what do you have to take with you to be able to view the NFT?
by lowkey_ 3y ago
Out of curiosity (not into crypto so very little knowledge), what do you have to take with you to be able to view the NFT?
- exitb 3y agoThe NFT does not contain the asset itself, it’s just a meta-document that points to the asset. So if that pointer is a URL, the answer would probably be “a good chunk of the internet”.
- rgbrgb 3y agoI’d reckon the simpler answer is more likely a jpeg or mp4.
- theK 3y agoThis is dependent on what the NFT actually gives access to or is linked to. 90% of NFTs probably are just ownership certificates of JPGs so if that is what you want to "view" then the answer probably is "a JPG". Other NFTs though might be some sort of online game char, access tokens to a live feed or just symbols of on-chaining offchain consensus. In those cases the answer isn't that straight forward. But generally I'd remark that an NFT in itself only has utility as long as you have access to its underlying chain, so if you cannot take the interaction with the chain with you its not going to be very useful. OTOH, if your sole purpose is looking at pretty pictures then one will probably best just compile JPGs to a folder. But that doesn't mean that one owns those pictures or that there are NFTs involved.