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by beaner 1914 days ago
The funny part is the image itself isn't even on the blockchain, it's centrally hosted somewhere. The token is just a pointer. You can ruin it by having the actual content taken down, wherever it is.
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The Interplanetary File System is a decentralized solution.

https://docs.ipfs.io/how-to/mint-nfts-with-ipfs/#mint-an-nft...

True, but my comment that the image isn't on the blockchain is still accurate. IPFS is not a blockchain and content can be changed.
Doesn't IPFS use content-addressing? In other words, the url of a file is the hash, so the contents can't be changed.
Can it not be removed by the original uploader, or anyone else to acquire their credentials?
correct