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		solveit on March 22, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: John Cleese Sells the Brooklyn Bridge as an NFT Yes, but a baseball card is just a piece of paper with some ink on it. It's only trivially harder[1] to replicate than a pointer to a JPEG. We have already established that sentimental value + proof of provenance suffices to yield basically any market price. Take this concept to its logical conclusion, and you get NFTs. [1] At the price levels we're discussing.

Igelau on March 22, 2021 [–]

> We have already established that sentimental value + proof of provenance suffices to yield basically any market price.

Those are some of the means by which we arrive at price.

> Take this concept to its logical conclusion, and you get NFTs

Mistake this concept for an end by itself and you get NFT.

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