Non fungible tokens are unique digital assets addressing certifiable things, for example, photographs, music, videos, and trading cards. They are managed in a digital ledger and traded on the web. For instance, rather than buying a genuine photo to show on a divider, the purchaser gets a unique digital file. Nearly any digital asset, for example, a piece of collectible advanced characters, virtual land, or unique online media posts, can be made and bought as an NFT.
Nonfungible means NFTs aren't mutually interchangeable. Each NFT is unique, separating it from fungible tokens, for example, cryptocurrencies, that can be traded for each other. NFTs are joined to explicit qualities with certificates of authenticity, which means that the digital assets cannot be traded or supplanted with each other because each NFT exists on a decentralized digital platform that's based on blockchain technology.
A cryptocurrency is a digital or virtual currency that is secured by cryptography, which makes it nearly impossible to counterfeit or double-spend. Many cryptocurrencies are decentralized networks based on blockchain technology—a distributed ledger enforced by a disparate network of computers. A defining feature of cryptocurrencies is that they are generally not issued by any central authority, rendering them theoretically immune to government interference or manipulation.
Both NFTs and cryptocurrencies are based on blockchain, utilizing similar innovation and similar standards. Accordingly, they will quite often draw in similar players. NFTs can be considered a subset of the crypto culture, and you by and large need cryptographic forms of money to trade NFTs.
But the main difference is indicated in the name. Cryptocurrency is a currency. Like every other currency, it has only economic value and is fungible. That means that, within a particular cryptocurrency, it doesn't matter which crypto token you have; it has the same value as the next one, 1 $ETH = 1 $ETH. But NFTs are non-fungible, and they have a value that goes way beyond economics.
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