The premise of ‘eco-friendly’ non-fungible tokens is shaky at best.
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For the metaverse to work, people need to own their virtual bodies and possessions and be able to spend money. The same cryptographic technology behind bitcoin will make that possible.
When we see the high prices some are paying for NFT art, we must assume more performances, and potentially, acts of protest, could circulate as NFTs.
NFTs don’t even exist in the real world, but the market around them has a big effect on the planet.
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