NFTs are shaking up the art world. They may be warming the planet, too
29 Apr, 2021 11:47 PM
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An NFT is a piece of artwork stamped with a unique string of code, but the coding process comes with enormous greenhouse-gas emissions. Photo / 123RF
An NFT is a piece of artwork stamped with a unique string of code, but the coding process comes with enormous greenhouse-gas emissions. Photo / 123RF
New York Times
By: Hiroko Tabuchi
When Chris Precht, an Austrian architect and artist, first learned about nonfungible tokens, the digital collectibles taking the art world by storm, he was so enthralled, he said, he "felt like a little kid again".