{"id":22313,"date":"2022-01-26T23:57:15","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T15:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/nasa-says-no-to-nfts\/"},"modified":"2022-01-26T23:57:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T15:57:15","slug":"nasa-says-no-to-nfts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/nasa-says-no-to-nfts\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA says no to NFTs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NASA\u2019s website includes a page on media usage guidelines, and among a fair bit of legalese, the page covers the places that it will allow its images to be used \u2013 and NASA dedicates a small section to NFTs.<\/p>\n

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NASA makes its imagery and video available for educational and information purposes in accordance with these guidelines.  Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) are, in essence, digital tokens owned by someone as a \u201cone of a kind\u201d digital asset.  NASA does not wish for its images to be used for these purposes.<\/p>\n

It is unlawful to falsely claim copyright or other rights in NASA material.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What are NFTs?<\/h2>\n

For those who don\u2019t know, NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, are essentially a digital record of ownership based on the blockchain. NFTs have been rather controversial. Many see NFTs as a new tool to allow artists and content creators to monetize their work, while others are seeing their work stolen and published as NFTs without their permission.<\/p>\n

There are also environmental concerns with NFTs, primarily due to the amount of energy used to mine the cryptocurrency used to purchase them. Some of these concerns are assuaged with the use of a proof-of-stake model rather than a proof-of-work, though we won\u2019t go into the details of that. <\/p>\n

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