Yesterday was the first time I read about NFTs (non-fungible tokens). It feels very similar to the early days of cryptocurrencies: speculation, hype, potential... but actually just a sexy name on a technical protocol. And like for cryptocurrencies, they will keep doing their own thing for a couple of years, gain traction and attention. And like for cryptocurrencies, it's hard to tell where this is going.
Two years from now? I can see NFTs being used by a wide number of art dealers (and even museums), but only first as a way to keep better track of physical pieces of art (because the technical solution makes sense, as it helps certifying the uniqueness of anything). And then, maybe, as a way to trade digital art.
Note for myself: go re-read Walter Benjamin's essay called "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction".
A pok's hash
is a fingerprint of the pok content.
A specific text will always have the same fingerprint.
It is however impossible to guess the pok content from it.
sha1, sha256 and sha512 are different algorithms used to compute the hashes below.
The hashes were published as soon as the pok got created, proving that the author hasn't altered the text content in between.
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