| > It is the collectors job to ensure the art survives it doesn't make any sense in this context of course if I buy a painting i am responsible to maintain the painting, but the painting It's the item I bough! here you're buying the URL, the only way to keep it working is taking over the maintenance of someone else's server, but only for that specific URL Or I have to pay and there's no limit on how much it would cost If i move the item to another URL, _it would be indistinguable from the billions of possible exact replicas_ hence NFTs provide no value at all > There is a speculative bubble, but art will remain hard to sell the less it is a short-term speculative investment art has a value if I can put it on display |
But you aren't buying the URL, your are buying a ledger entry that represents an artwork, and there happens to be a URL attached for your convenience.
> The only way to keep it working is taking over the maintenance of someone else's server, but only for that specific URL
IPFS fits neatly in here. Anyone can seed a particular file they want to seed.