Guilting artists for using NFTs due to environmental costs is like telling folks to skip showers when agriculture is 80% of water consumption. DeFi exchanges handling non-purchase related (investment) transactions make NFTs a drop in the ocean.
NFTs and a Thousand True Fans - Andreessen Horowitz
Non-fungible tokens offer fundamentally better economics for creators by removing rent-seeking, enabling granular pricing, and reducing customer acquisition costs.
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