I didn't create Bitcoin so you could trade it for pictures of monkeys.Satoshi Nakamoto (not really)
Filed under: things Satoshi definitely thought but never said. Although, to be fair, he did disappear right before NFTs took off — almost like he saw it coming.
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) exploded in 2021 when people started paying millions for digital art and collectibles stored on blockchains. The most famous collection, Bored Ape Yacht Club, saw individual JPEGs sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars. While NFTs proved that digital scarcity works, they also became the crypto industry's most meme-worthy moment — and a frequent source of Satoshi's disappointment.
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