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NFTs have been popular in videogames for over a decade. They're just almost always using a centralized network (see: the Steam community market).


> They're just almost always using a centralized network (see: the Steam community market).

That doesn't sound like a NFT to me.

"A non-fungible token (NFT) is a unique digital identifier that is recorded on a blockchain" [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-fungible_token


Non-fungible tokens are not even necessarily digital. They are merely tokens[0] that are not fungible[1], as the name suggests. Digital non-fungible tokens are stored in a digital database, of which blockchain is one kind.

[0] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/token

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungibility


As the authority on the subject you should definitely correct the Wikipedia page


Please link me to the public blockchain explorer for Steam community items. I’ll wait.


There isn't one, because there is no blockchain. You already know that so why comment this?




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