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> Thing is, NFTs don't represent ownership, absent some external legal documents which tie ownership to the NFT.

NFTs are the ownership-tying documents - specifically, asserting ownership over some property, just like any other deed/title to some property (be it tangible or abstract/intellectual). NFTs, like any other sort of deed/title, require recognition, validation, and enforcement by society at large to have any real value.

That is:

> I can sell NFTs of bridges all day long; doesn't mean anyone is buying a bridge.

I can sell deeds/titles to bridges all day long (complete with thick paper and fancy seals); doesn't mean anyone is buying a bridge.



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