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Re:NFTs are the new Beanie Babies by notabanker on Thursday October 14, 2021 @10:03AM (#28864342)
You own the pointer to the image but the pointer can never be dereferenced.
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Re:NFTs are the new Beanie Babies by throwaway2016a on Thursday October 14, 2021 @12:33PM (#28866483)
Looking to educate myself here...

I know the pointer cannot be removed from the blockchain but does it contain a hash of the contents? Couldn't someone change what is at the URL.

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Re:NFTs are the new Beanie Babies by Joeboy on Thursday October 14, 2021 @01:34PM (#28867352)
Like this?

https://twitter.com/moxie/status/1448066579611234305

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Re:NFTs are the new Beanie Babies by hammyhavoc on Thursday October 14, 2021 @12:47PM (#28866666)
What is at the URL could disappear altogether.
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