[thrwy_918]

AFAIK it is often perfectly possible to actually encode image data on-chain, it is just much more expensive (and much less common as a result)

[TaylorAlexander]

Perhaps but the standard NFT is a URL encoded in the chain. Yes this is as absurd as it sounds.

[wyldfire]

It seems to me that cryptocoin adjacent things somehow attract well meaning people who just don't understand what parts of the technology are critical to its functionality. Maybe they understand one use case for a signature but don't really understand what signature is and more importantly what it isn't.

And sadly enough - several cryptocoins themselves are also this way.

I used to think cryptocoins were truly revolutionary. But the tech space is so rife with abuse, theft, scams that it doesn't feel worth it.

[astrange]

People get upset when you do this because storing data on-chain is, possibly, infinitely expensive, since you can never get rid of it.

[thrwy_918]

>since you can never get rid of it

if you're an actual believer in NFTs, isn't that kind of the point?