but first I want to understand that initialism better. And I find that you understand words better when you look at the other words at the bases of the words you're thinking-of ...
NFT stands for Non-Fungible Token---a Digital |Asset that represents a Real-World Object (usually representing a Digital-|Painting, -Video, -Piece (of Music), or -Bonus |Item (in a Video-Game)---the letters stand for Non-Fungible Token. #NonFungible #NonFungibleToken
The word #Fungible is built on ancient words that mean Perform (Function). #FungiVice (to Take the Place of-).
The word #Token is built on ancient words that mean "to Show, Pronounce Solemnly" (Evidence, a sense preserved in the phrase #ByTheSameToken ... and 'Evidence' is what you are buying when you buy an NFT---'Evidence' that you are "The Owner" of the 'display' you bought). #Betoken #Tokenism
And--while I'm thinking of it--the word #Scam is built on ancient words that ... they're not really sure-of. In America, it was carnival-slang; and the Carnies might've picked it up from the British "Scamp" (Swindler, Cheater)---with possible influence from Scheme ... #Scammed #Scamming #Scammer #Scammy
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I appreciate your comment, and I'll probably approve it & publish it soon (give me about a week before you try to post it again when it doesn't publish immediately ... thanks)