# Dan somebody explain NFTs to me? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 30, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-somebody-explain-nfts-to-me/941126 "2021-04-30T21:47:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-somebody-explain-nfts-to-me/941126/2 "2021-04-30T22:12:13Z")
Here is the previous thread about this: > [@Help me Understand Non-Fungible Tokens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-non-fungible-tokens/938969): > > Every now and then, I try to educate myself on the latest tech hype. Non-fungible tokens have been around for a while, but (at least in my perception), they’ve been really exploding lately, with digital artists earning record sums, and Nike filing a patent for a ‘blockchain-based NFT-sneaker’ called ‘CryptoKicks’ ¯\_(ツ)\_/¯. So I’ve been skimming a couple of articles trying to figure out what’s what here, but I’m not sure if I’m really getting it. Best as I can tell, an NFT is sort of like a bit… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-somebody-explain-nfts-to-me/941126)._