A no-nonsense explanation, from the ground up, of non-fungible tokens

If you’re a regular reader of our blog, you’ll often see us referring to NFTs, saying things like “NFTs are redefining online gaming…” or “NFTs have revolutionized digital art”. While we firmly believe these statements to be true, we sometimes get so swept up in our own excitement that we forget NFTs can be confusing and difficult to understand for new readers.

All blockchains are in essence decentralized databases that are distributed among the machines of a network. Transactions are grouped into “blocks” and processed sequentially to form a chain of events.

You can create your own decentralized apps (dApps) to interface with Decentraland’s smart contracts and expose their functionality in more elaborate and friendlier ways.