Use-Cases of NFTs: A Framework

Recently, Gabriel Leydon forecast that NFTs have only begun with collectibles and gaming—presumably the use cases with the highest value-to-labor ratios—but could transform nearly every industry.

What follows is intended as a framework to understand how the properties of NFTs might make them particularly useful—or useless—in our own daily lives. NFTs are special, I believe, for two reasons: they correlate to our own unique traits as biological organisms, and they allow us to turn nearly any good into an investment with resale value.