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Perfect for your cousin who thinks JPEGs are a secret code and blockchain is a trendy Lego set. 🎁

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Get a grip on NFTs and learn how to get in the game

It's not often that a brand-new investment comes along that revolutionizes how we buy and sell digital assets. But that's what non-fungible tokens (NFTs) did. Built on blockchain tech, NFTs are shaking up the world of digital commodity investing. And you can get your slice of the pie before everyone jumps into the arena.

In NFTs For Dummies, you'll find straightforward answers to critical aspects of the NFT phenomenon. You'll learn exactly what non-fungible tokens really are, how you can find them, and even how to create your own valuable NFTs. You'll also discover:

How to find reliable and safe NFT marketplaces where you can be sure you're dealing with reputable buyers and sellers
A peek behind the NFT curtain to see how NFTs work and what, exactly, you own when you buy or make an NFT
Discussions of the kinds of digital properties that can be converted into an NFT
Perfect for anyone who wants to learn about the market for buying, selling, and creating crypto collectibles, NFTs For Dummies is the only resource you'll need to get a handle on this cutting-edge tech and start making it work for you.

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  • SBOB on 28/11/2023 - 22:06
    +52

    the first way to know you're a dummy is paying $6.23 for this :)

  • gilbarc on 28/11/2023 - 22:07
    +21

    They sure are

  • ozbs25 on 28/11/2023 - 22:08
    +4

    Just as useful as this beauty I saw on clearance at Kmart today:

    The Voice to Parliament Handbook by Thomas Mayo and Kerry O'Brien $6

  • CrispyChrispy on 28/11/2023 - 22:09
    +17

    NFTs Are for Dummies

    FTFY

  • OfTheOverflow on 28/11/2023 - 22:14
    +3

    Accurate title

  • Wiadro on 28/11/2023 - 22:14
    +2

    $6.23 too much

  • Limbot on 28/11/2023 - 22:18

    Kindle non-NFT version 4x the price.

    • sidozziee on 28/11/2023 - 22:20
      +1

      Thats for Dummies Pro

      • Aidan9800 on 28/11/2023 - 22:22
        +1

        For iDummies Pro Max

  • scrimshaw on 28/11/2023 - 22:31
    +7

    This book was published in 2021, which is quite a while ago and well before interest in NFT's dropped off a cliff.

    I'd imagine the contents of this book has aged as well as milk left on the porch of a Western Sydney suburb in 42 C° heat.

    • Sleuth on 28/11/2023 - 23:00
      +1

      Don't let me catch you lookin' at my milk!

  • lance_kiwi on 28/11/2023 - 22:49

    NFTs Dummies - Abbreviated version right here. "Buy NFTs"

  • Make it so on 28/11/2023 - 22:50

    Someone I know has been forcefully trying to persuade me that NFT artworks are the way to financial success. I'm not seeing it.

    Anyone with expertise in the NFT market think otherwise?

    • moph on 28/11/2023 - 23:00
      +1

      They might be a bit late to the party. This was true for a brief time around two years ago. It is not now, and while there is a bit of resurgence lately, I think we're unlikely to see the kind of market conditions of that time any time soon.

    • schquid on 28/11/2023 - 23:01
      +4

      They are absolutely the way to financial success, for grifters. For everyone else, neg. They're just digital snake oil.

    • worthy1 on 29/11/2023 - 08:40
      +1

      Ask Logan Paul, he paid 623k for his NFT for it to end up being worth $10 - https://coincodex.com/article/22981/logan-paul-nft/

  • bargaino on 28/11/2023 - 22:55

    Hilarious! Credit to the mods for not taking this down as a joke post. We should keep the good ones.

  • belongsinforums on 28/11/2023 - 23:47

    How did you write all these books?

  • tunzafun001 on 28/11/2023 - 23:54
    +1

    Funny how NFT and art work are synonymous. I liked the idea of a NFT being a digital contract, ie. selling a house without needing a conveyancer, using a bank etc. But in a market of Muppets it's become basic monkey shots.

  • ilovefullprice on 29/11/2023 - 00:27
    -3

    For NFT doubters out there:

    As digital art drawn on iPads, tablets etc. matures and evolves, the use case for NFTs gets stronger and stronger, such as infinite art below which cannot be done in non-digital traditional art:

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-hYMTUFmMPE

    • thisisscotts on 29/11/2023 - 00:36

      Can it be copied like a JPG?

      • ilovefullprice on 29/11/2023 - 00:43

        I am unsure, I just saw this infinite art thing a few days ago in a live stream. The guy was using this app called Endless Paper which is only available on iPads for now. I believe there are other similar apps too available in more devices.

        • thisisscotts on 29/11/2023 - 10:19

          Hrmm sounds like the AI and the software is what is actually valuable to me.

          • ilovefullprice on 29/11/2023 - 10:47

            @thisisscotts: It’s not about whether if it’s AI or not. Art like infinite art locks out non-digital traditional art medium of presentation, leading to NFTs having a higher change as a medium of presentation, hence increasing use case for NFTs.

    • bchliu on 29/11/2023 - 09:22
      -1

      Lol. A single line AI script can do everything here.. for FREE.

      NFTs are a scam <period>.

      It's scam looking for a market so that people can part with good money in a pyramid scheme. Look at the prices and you can see it's basically worth nothing these days.

      • ilovefullprice on 29/11/2023 - 09:45

        It’s not about AI can do this. It’s about infinite art not being able to be presented in non-digital traditional art medium, hence having one less medium of presentation to compete with, giving NFTs a higher chance for the medium of presentation.

        • bchliu on 29/11/2023 - 09:47

          LOL.. It's not "art" unless someone actually puts the effort into creating it. NFTs are very much AI generated that people off as their own "art" when it is worth nothing more than a script and some compute power.

          Stop flogging off scams like this.

          • ilovefullprice on 29/11/2023 - 10:04

            @bchliu: Look at that video on what infinite art is. It’s created and effort put in by humans.

            • Mr Random on 29/11/2023 - 11:44

              @ilovefullprice: To some, if the word AI is involved, the blinders go up. Head in the sand argument approach.

              @bchliu Cambridge Dictionary defines art as - "the making of objects, images, music, etc. that are beautiful or that express feelings". There is a level of skill involved as well to fine tune an AI generated image with correct prompts and additional tools. Look up the YouTube channel Corridor Crew for example.

              While I don't particularly believe in NFTs myself. AI generated art/content is very much useful, and here to stay <period>.

              • ilovefullprice on 29/11/2023 - 12:07

                @Mr Random: I appreciate the comment, but I am not sure why AI is kept being brought up. My comment wasn’t about AI, and it’s regardless of whether if it’s AI or not.

                • Mr Random on 29/11/2023 - 12:49
                  +1

                  @ilovefullprice: True, the focus shouldn't really be on AI. The AI angle seems to be a bit of a distraction, maybe because some people don't fully get the tech, or it's because there is a high percentage of NFTs as AI generated content? I am unaware of the stats.

                  @bchliu Let's think about this without the money aspect. If we take out the cash element, we can see NFTs more for their tech potential, rather than just a money-making scheme. It's all about understanding the tech behind it, and not just labelling it as a scam because some people made or lost money.

                  When we take a look at the infinite art argument, one could say it can be done locally on an iPad, sure. Tokenising this art can give an artist access to participate in a growing digital art community, new global markets, usage of smart contracts to evolve the artwork over time, etc, etc.

                  Simply put, NFT's are just a new medium.

                  • bchliu on 29/11/2023 - 12:58

                    @Mr Random: But it isn't anything "new" as far as a medium is concerned. Pictures sold on a basis of a blockchain ledger when you don't even own the copyright or actual intellectual ownership to it isn't providing the value outside of the hype of overinflating the price and demand.

                    No. It's a scam. Most people who heavily invested into this at the height have lost most of their money now and are literally being sued in various class actions as a scam.

    • mellow on 29/11/2023 - 16:10

      OK hear me out because hopefully this will save you some money.
      'Infinite zoom art' work as images stacked on images with reference points set for the overlap between one image and the next, and an overlap point back to the initial image - so that it can truly zoom 'infinitely'. They are literally imported as plain old PNG files initially then configured in-app.

      They are unuseable as GIF, JPG, or any other traditional format as they would translate to enormous multi-gigabyte file sizes at full resolution, and would not be 'infinite'.

      This causes two issues with your assertion that it makes "the use case for NFTs [..] stronger".
      Firstly, it means it only works in the app they're created with and aren't viewable on any other medium except as a demonstration in a video (like in your example), which means it's very niche use-case. Most people aren't really gonna ever care about it enough to install the app to view the art - it's a gimmick - art has had tens of thousands of them over the years.
      Secondly, the main problem with NFT implementations is that they can't possibly store the actual art (eg PNG/JPG) in the blockchain, as that would make the blockchain exponentially grow and become unuseable. So instead they only store a URL link to the actual NFT artwork in the blockchain, and all you really 'buy' is the ownership and knowledge of this (generally secret) URL. NFTs do NOT store or protect your art, they just pass around a URL from one owner to another - this is where we delve into technical info that's been explained elsewhere at length, look it up for more explanation as it can be very detailed and I'm not gonna repeat it here. 'Infinite art' is subject to this same problem and any NFT of 'infinite zoom art' would ultimately just be a link (URL/URI) to access the art, rather than storing the art in the NFT itself.

      TL;DR: super-niche applications that make wide adoption and use impossible which make this an unlikely 'good investment', and suffers from the exact same achilles heel as standard NFTs. The case for NFTs just gets ever weaker.

      • ilovefullprice on 29/11/2023 - 17:02

        There is a fallacy in what you mentioned above in that you assumed today’s technology will be the same as tomorrow’s technology.

        You sound like a techie, and if you are indeed a fellow techie, you should know how fast and innovative the tech space evolves. Who knows, someone smart somewhere around the world might figure out a creative or novel solution tomorrow to the problems you mentioned. Also, infinite art in its latest digital format is still relatively new, so I don’t expect it to be integrated into NFTs today or anytime soon.

  • Lakon on 29/11/2023 - 05:14

    First sentence in OP description is not entirely wrong. Jpeg or more generally digital picture, can be used as communication tool, mostly to avoid detection. I was involved in steganography research few years back. Like watermark, but much harder to see and much more complex.

  • bchliu on 29/11/2023 - 09:19
    +1

    NFTs are basically a Ponzi / Pyramid scheme: a select number of people made some good money, some broke even and MAJORITY of people basically lost money (including a lot of celebs like Justin Bieber). Buy early, sell at the highest point and screw everyone else.

    That's basically the book scam in two sentences. Absolute joke that people would believe buying JPGs that has no actual copyrights ownership would actually be the equivalent of buying "art".

    • mellow on 29/11/2023 - 16:22

      The main problem with NFTs is that they never even sold you "the JPG", they just sold you a URL to the JPG - and by the nature of the web, that URL had to be publically-accessible. It was so very stupid from the outset to anyone with technical knowledge.

      Like you say though even if they did sell you a JPG and promised they'd delete the original and that the NFT acted as a 'certificate of authenticity'/'proof of ownership' for the JPG - that would still be stupid to think it's an 'investment' or 'privately owned art', as digital images by their nature must be highly transferrable.

      • Make it so on 29/11/2023 - 17:40

        Reminds me of a video I watched a while ago: If NFTs were honest
        "What happens if the URL goes offline?" "Ya that shit's gone"

        My understanding is that ownership of an NFT just stored a reference to a URL in the blockchain. I wouldn't trust any URL to be around forever.

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