And there may be hundreds of similarly "unique" marriage certificates sold, and the person you're supposedly married to has never even heard of you, yet you're absolutely convinced she's in love with you forever.

Are you arguing that you purchasing a picture from me on Opensea does?

No. You are the random guy and Opensea is the street. (And it’s not a picture/wife that you sell, is an NFT/certificate.)

Sure, but how am I different from million other guys on the street or Opensea.

Lets start at the beginning. You have analogy wrong ( which is a problem with analogies - they are open to interpretation ). The joke part says the following:

1. You have a wife. 2. She is not behaving like your wife. 3. You have a marriage certificate saying she is your wife

And NFTs follow the same pattern, because:

NFTs say they are your wife. They do not behave like your wife ( everyone can have them ). You have a digital certificate saying that NFT is your wife regardless.

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As a guy on the street, I only see a value of selling fake wife certificate. I do not see value buying it.

I hope I explained it right.

> As a guy on the street, I only see a value of selling fake wife certificate. I do not see value buying it.

You just described the whole NFT scam. I would love to produce pngs I can sell for thousands of dollars. I won't buy NFTs not even for a penny.

Well, it seems you have your own analogy wrong ;-) [By the way, the “A marriage certificate that you bought from some random guy on the street and has no legal significance.” was not mine.]

If the NFT is the wife, what is the certificate?