[asimpletune]

Because then it’s not on the blockchain. Yes, I could sell you a txt record, saying you own this hash, which represents a jpg, but then it’s not blockchain.

Honestly, I don’t know.

Maybe it’s because the blockchain is immutable? Like, I could change that txt record because I’m evil or something. That makes sense to me, in terms of technology.

[miracle2k]

Someone is trying it your way: https://signed.work/

The problem is that these signatures cannot be traded anymore, since no one is tracking who owns which editions. I can sell my signature to you, and then sell it to someone else tomorrow. The artist intended to mint 100 "prints", but suddenly 1000 people claim to own one.

[rusk]

No but the point is, when you’re talking about physical artefacts you can in theory issue as many tokens as you like ... it’s still down to a central authority to certify.