NFTs Are About More Than Art — Mirror

I'm not at all a disbeliever in the NFT-as-art vision, I just think it's a small sliver of what will end up happening.

Several years from now, I think it's going to feel pretty insane to think that we could never own something digital until recently.

For example, you can have a digital object in your wallet whose metadata contains not just a link to a JPEG, but rather a 3D object file plus some game-relevant attributes like attack power, defense power, etc. This means that any individual game you play could look in your wallet, import that object into its world, and use those attributes within ... See more

My main point is: I think where things will get interesting is when ownership of an NFT unlocks abilities besides just recognition or resale value to the owner. Of course, recognition and resale value will always be part of owning an NFT, but I don't think it's the full picture.