Nfts: An Introduction

Move beyond the tech jargon and the hype of non-fungible tokens (NFT)s and become empowered to think through solutions to solve your specific business problems.​ NFTs are important because they enable the manipulation of digital assets in ways that are closer to the way we manipulate physical assets. This book will serve as an introduction to the space and as a source of inspiration for connecting problem and solution dots.

Understanding what core problems NFTs solve and how they solve them will enable business leaders to design solutions and to put together the teams that will help them deliver on the promises of NFTs. This book is focused on explaining what NFTs are, what problems they solve, and what what technology makes them possible. It provides the larger technological, economic, and political context within which NFTs are emerging.

You’ll learn how NFTs are currently being used, such as in assessing authenticity, creating scarcity, identifying provenance, establishing and confirming ownership, and enabling the tracking and collection of royalties You’ll also see how NFTs allow for the creation of unique digital assets that can be owned and traded just like physical assets. NFTs is your guide to the emerging possibilities of ownership and monetization of digital assets in established industries.

What You’ll Learn

• See what problems NFTs can solve
• Study the fundamentals of blockchain technology
• Understand what ＂Web3＂ means and the possibilities ahead
• Identify problems that NFTs can solve
• Deliver NFT and blockchain based solutions

Who This Book Is For

Entrepreneurs, executives, and product line managers in the following industries: Art, Music, Podcasting, Gaming, Finance, and Real Estate. Additional audiences include Retail, Fashion, Entertainment, Event Management and Supply Chain Management.

Dr. Ahmed Bouzid has been closely following the NFT world for the last 2 years and has written on the topic and has interviewed for his podcast several professionals in the space. He is also launching the very first pure-audio based NFT marketplace through Witlingo, his digital audio and voicebot products and solutions start-up. The main users that Witlingo’s NFT market palace is targeting are podcasters, voice actors and artists, singers, comedians, and other professionals who make their living using voice and audio will be the main users of this marketplace.

Dr. Paolo Narciso has been building solutions using NFTs for nearly four years. His work involves developing a technology credentialing system that allows students to ’earn while they learn’. In addition to developing solutions, he created a hybrid community and online program to teach underserved talent how to develop for Web3 with the mission of educating the next generation of diverse architects, builders, and creators for the coming tech revolution.

Steve Wood has been following the progress of NFTs for nearly 5 years now, helped create an NFT rating protocol, currently building a game rewards system that uses a new type of NFT we internally call ＂liquid NFTs＂, and has been part of the development of Liberland’s governance system which leverages NFTs for many important functions. He has launched one crypto token already (for the NFT rating protocol), plans on launching a second one soon -- one for Liberland’s national blockchain -- and has plans for another nearing completion (for the game rewards system). Steve is also an advisor to an NFT all-in-one factory project called Bakeree that aims to make running an NFT drop extremely simple and nearly fully automated.