NFTs are more than a piece of digital art. They are an asset that exists on the decentralized blockchain.
So, how does an asset go from being just art to an NFT? One word. Minting.
Minting is the process of digital art taking its place on the blockchain and can be likened to the process a metal coin goes through before it is made available to the public via circulation. Once an NFT becomes minted, it can be purchased and traded in the online market and tracked online as it is sold and later
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