[p4bl0]

It is very rare I wouldn't call it a "trend" yet. Also, I agree that using IPFS links addresses the problem of content integrity, but the link can still rot, and having to pay a centralized service to pin your data (even in a decentralized network like IPFS) does not solve the decentralization and disintermediation problems.

[Dma54rhs]

Why these platforms don't use hash of a file inside blockchain as bare minimum. Shouldn't be too expensive to store that data? Hash would represent the "original" no matter where is it hosted on the future.

[stnikolauswagne]

The way I understand it (and I might be totally wrong here) is that ipfs links do contain the hash of the file stored, so by putting an ifps link as the token URI you are both providing the content hash as well as a way to actually locate the content.

[kreas]

Link rot is definitely a fair point. I'm curious if there is a longterm way of solving this problem.

Filecoin looks promising but I feel like that's just adding more complexity.

[galaxyyy]

The surviving NFT projects that will require no active maintenance in the next 10 years will be the ones who fully dedicated to on-chain only (cryptopunks, chainrunners, etc).

Unless there is an active community that maintains its strength during market cycles (like BAYC), current NFT project death will be 95% over the next 10 years, just like a start-up.

[miracle2k]

It's more than a trend. All the major art platforms and a lot of the major collections host in IPFS.