# What is an NFT?

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I asked this question last month in the MPSIMS thread about Melania Trump selling NFTs. **Snowboarder\_Bo** provided links to some previous threads discussing NFTs.

> [@Melania sells her art](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-sells-her-art/956174/19):
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> We’ve had a few threads about NFTs, Shoeless:

Also there is this MPSIMS thread with a link to a 2 hour video that is probably more than you would ever want to know about NFTs. (Honestly, I only got through about 45 minutes but feel like I had a pretty good grasp of the idea by then.)

> [@New viral video about crypto and NFT'S. Opinions? Reactions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-viral-video-about-crypto-and-nfts-opinions-reactions/958581):
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> [[Line Goes Up – The Problem With NFTs] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ_xWvX1n9g) Hello fellow Dopers. Yes this is a 2 hour youtube video. No i don’t expect anyone to watch the whole thing. Hear me out please. I really struggled with where to put this as I wasn’t sure where the discussion would go, or what I would say, so I settled on MPSIMS for now. So there’s a new youtube video going viral about crypto currencies and NFT’S. I’m not unsavvy with technology but i have no problem admitting that I’ve struggled with grasping…

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