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		notabanker on Oct 14, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NFTs are the new Beanie Babies You own the pointer to the image but the pointer can never be dereferenced.

throwaway2016a on Oct 14, 2021 [–]

Looking to educate myself here...

I know the pointer cannot be removed from the blockchain but does it contain a hash of the contents? Couldn't someone change what is at the URL.

Joeboy on Oct 14, 2021 | | [–]

Like this?

https://twitter.com/moxie/status/1448066579611234305

hammyhavoc on Oct 14, 2021 | | [–]

What is at the URL could disappear altogether.

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