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Re:Cryptomedia, NFTs, and the Next Internet by miracle2k on Saturday February 20, 2021 @02:52AM (#26202418)
This is not attempting to prove something previously unknown, or resolve an active uncertainty of authorship. But if an artist claims ownership over a work/token, and collective history remembers and validates that claim, then you can prove that you own that token.
Re:Cryptomedia, NFTs, and the Next Internet by joosters on Saturday February 20, 2021 @03:26AM (#26202577)
If something is already known and collectively validated by history, then you don’t need a blockchain to prove anything.

Conversely, it is the previously unknown things that would most need some confirmation of authorship, yet here the blockchain concept fails again!

Re:Cryptomedia, NFTs, and the Next Internet by miracle2k on Saturday February 20, 2021 @12:32PM (#26206007)
We need it to prove ownership (of digital things), not authorship.