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Online art of all kinds can be accessed by as many people as the hosting server permits. But there is a(n) ___21___ that is allowing people to buy digital art.
Digital art that is sold online is known as an NFT, which ___22___ non-fungible token(非同质化代币). Non-fungible means that the item cannot be ___23___ by a similar item. For example, coins and bills are fungible because they have a set value and are easily exchanged. ___24___, trading cards are non-fungible because their worth varies depending on which card you have. An NFT can be ___25___ anything digital -songs, videos, images or even a social media post, one of which sold for almost USS3 million!
Others may be able to see this NFT, or art, but one person is listed as the owner on a blockchain-that is, a public ___26___. Blockchains are well equipped to keep track of the owner of NFT. In fact, they are used to record all kinds of online ___27___.
Some people are describing NFTs as an online version of collecting fine art. And collectors are ___28___ to put their money where their mouth is, paying thousands or even millions of dollars for NFTs.
As with fine art collecting, some people see purchasing NFTs as a(n) ___29___, buying art that they plan to sell at a higher price later. Others want the esteem (成就感) that comes with owning an NFT made by a famous ___30___. But given that a copy of an NFT is identical to the ___31___, the wisdom of paying massive amounts of money for one may seem ___32___.
On the other hand, the popularity of NFTs is ___33___ good news for the artists who create them. Upon selling their works as NFTs, artists receive much more than the small amounts of money they get when someone streams their video, for example. Some NFTs are even set up so that every time a work changes hands, the creator receives a percentage of the price. Thus, the artist can be paid for a single NFT many times over.
___34___ every NFT is unique, though some creators produ