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X removes support for NFT profile pictures
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this post was submitted on 10 Jan 2024
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Keep in mind that buying photos isn't the only application of NFTs. People stopped buying valueless photos, but other implementations of NFTs kept on being used.
Right… the technology conceivably has value as a way to digitally trade ownership and track authenticity. It just happens that it was used for a bunch of truly worthless algorithmically generated art that people got suckered into by hype.