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welcome to the cotkey ride home for friday February 25th, 2021. I'm Jackson Bird.

Delving into the world of crypto art and non-fungible tokens. A history of Mr. Potato Head, or I'm sorry,

just Potato Head, and a few links to help you chill out this weekend.

Here are some of the cool things from the news today.

There is a huge trend blowing up right now that it's possible you've never heard of.

Or at least if you have, I bet you're the only person

that you know, IRL, who has heard of it. It's the non-fungible tokens or NFTs scene,

where people are buying and selling digital art for thousands, even millions of dollars.

Now, before I get into it, a disclaimer, this segment is really for folks

who have barely heard of NFTs or are trying to understand a little bit more about it.

If you're up on the trend or you want to be more so after listening to this, definitely

check out the TechMeme Ride Home podcast, where host Brian McCullough has been covering the explosion of the market

and analyzing where it might go next. But all right, so what the heck are non-fungible tokens

or NFTs? Kenny Schachter, who has been making digital art for over three decades and has

recently been delving into the NFT world with cautious enthusiasm defines NFTs as, quote,

digital artworks hosted on a decentralized peer-to-peer network. In other words, it's a way of

layering imagery onto the cryptocurrency blockchain, end quote. And author Robin Sloan describes them as,

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