‘We don’t need to work anymore’: Local artists crack the code of NFTs
‘We don’t need to work anymore’: Local artists crack the code of NFTs But the digital trading mechanism is still rife with scams, hacks and copyright issues By Veronica Irwin Examiner staff writer • January 4, 2022 12:30 pm - Updated January 7, 2022 9:46 am Mark Sabb, a digital artist who runs an NFT digital art site called Felt from his home, says experimenting with NFTs has allowed him and his crew of collaborators to become financially independent. Mark Sabb, a digital artist who runs an NFT digital art site called Felt from his home, says experimenting with NFTs has allowed him and his crew of collaborators to become financially independent. In March, the digital artist Beeple made $69 million on the sale of a single piece of art. In April, a fake “second edition” of the artwork was created and sold in his name, potentially costing Beeple and collectors hundreds of thousands of dollars. Such is the promise and peril of NFTs. NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, offer many potential benefi...