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Quote from: TimeTeller on June 28, 2021, 05:17:42 PM

But how do we verify that there is actual permission from the creator/owner of the NFT?
Is there an easy way how to determine that it did really come from the original creator?
Nowadays, imitations of something is common. So how do we know that he is the original creator of that item?
And that he is giving the platform the privilege to sell his artworks? It is quite difficult that once you purchased, you found another similar item from a different creator.
That will give less value to what you just purchased. And you are just screwed of this NFT hype.

How do we verify blockchain transactions? With the tried and true signing from the address.

If the owner/creator can verify (sign) from the wallet that created the NFT, then it proves he is the owner. That would require the NFT creators to also give them (the owners) the private keys to the generating wallet.

And giving the platform the privilege is easy. He connects with his wallet, and approves a smart contract that automatically ties the NFT to the platform, and automatically disburses any sum sold minus commissions.

Anyone can imitate, true, but you always have your unique item. Anyone can fake the Mona Lisa but there is just the one sitting in the Louvre:)

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Is it right to call a crypto a collectible? Shouldn't it be a currency or security or commodity?

Cryptocurrency assets or crypto assets these days can and do fall into any or all of those categories, depending on their utility and on the jurisdiction making that ruling.

For example, El Salvador recently recognized Bitcoin (and only Bitcoin, not all cryptocurrency) as legal tender, making it the first country to do so. The same asset is still viewed as a commodity in other countries like the USA, but not a security.

An NFT token would be deemed as a collectible but also a commodity — it is not fungible, which automatically disqualifies it as a currency.

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It wasn't easy but we finally picked 10 winners for the Opulous AMA Question Competition.

Check the Tweet and make sure you DM to claim your prizes!

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How can there be multiple NFTs for a single piece of digital art (having a hard time grasping the concept of how NFTs can be 1(art):n(NFT))?

Think about how an artist might create “limited editions” of a certain piece. Serialised versions maybe. Or a baseball card, that itself is unique and only 10 such cards ever produced. You might have 10 NFTs then, each unique in their serial number. He might even be able to attach a personal signature or message to each of it.

There are also examples where multiple NFTs are needed to piece together an art piece, each containing the necessary piece — almost like a jigsaw puzzle where you need all for the complete picture. Nifty, right?

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Why would eBay accepting NFTs be a big deal?

Because it will mean exposure of NFTs to a huge, existing community of buyers and collectors. Ebay has a huge market for collectibles and art, which is what is a big portion of NFT use case right now. Imagine if they found out about NFTs and what makes them a breakthrough in collectibles, they’d go for it. NFTs right now are rather complicated to use for a newbie, but if it’s just another type of listing on eBay, why not?

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How do you create and sell an NFT for your creation?

First of all, you have to create your own art first — be it a drawing, a piece of music, even a gif these days is what people do. Then you need a programmer to code your token for you, that is, to create the NFT that is linked to the art you want to sell.

Then you need a platform or marketplace to place/list that NFT, and allow the network/smart contract to handle your sell. Most marketplaces take a small commission for the sale.

Check out Opulous to see if it has the right solution for you!

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We're hosting an #Opulous AMA on our Telegram on 23 June and there's $10k in $OPUL allocation up for grabs! Visit this Tweet to participate:
https://twitter.com/opulousapp/status/1405184159803449345

The 10 best questions win! Good luck 🚀

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The idea is quitely good but to make it true looking like talking about impossible

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Quote from: TimeTeller on June 28, 2021, 05:17:42 PM

Quote from: Opulous-bct on June 25, 2021, 04:13:37 AM

We had this great question on Quora we'd like to share:
Would there be any problem by listing a digital/NFT on behalf of the actual creator (e.g. creator not into technology so he/she asking me a favor to list on behalf of him/her)?

Anyone could do it, for sure, since creating NFTs are available to anyone on permissionless blockchain networks.

In fact, many creators already engage the services of blockchain professionals — and you could even ask us to help you with creating an NFT on the blockchain if you don’t want to get involved in the technical aspects.

Artists create. NFTs are just a method of wrapping them up to be easily verified, sold, transferred.

But how do we verify that there is actual permission from the creator/owner of the NFT?
Is there an easy way how to determine that it did really come from the original creator?
Nowadays, imitations of something is common. So how do we know that he is the original creator of that item?
And that he is giving the platform the privilege to sell his artworks? It is quite difficult that once you purchased, you found another similar item from a different creator.
That will give less value to what you just purchased. And you are just screwed of this NFT hype.

Ditto Music has been working with music copyright and ownership issues for over 15 years and has the existing infrastructure necessary to combat copyright infringement.

We have audio fingerprinting technology as well as a dedicated team who individually check every release to guarantee that any NFTs sold are always the originals and copyright issues are dealt with before they become a problem for our users.

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A great opportunity for the Algorand Community! We can't wait to see the new users of ASA thanks to our token offering on TrustSwap!

Today, Wednesday, June 30, you will be able to register on TrustSwap and have the chance to buy our ASA $OPUL token.

Full details are here: https://trustswap.medium.com/opulous-announces-june-30th-token-offering-on-trustswap-launchpad-ae9a1f4e8f79

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Quote from: Opulous-bct on June 25, 2021, 04:13:37 AM

We had this great question on Quora we'd like to share:
Would there be any problem by listing a digital/NFT on behalf of the actual creator (e.g. creator not into technology so he/she asking me a favor to list on behalf of him/her)?

Anyone could do it, for sure, since creating NFTs are available to anyone on permissionless blockchain networks.

In fact, many creators already engage the services of blockchain professionals — and you could even ask us to help you with creating an NFT on the blockchain if you don’t want to get involved in the technical aspects.

Artists create. NFTs are just a method of wrapping them up to be easily verified, sold, transferred.

But how do we verify that there is actual permission from the creator/owner of the NFT?
Is there an easy way how to determine that it did really come from the original creator?
Nowadays, imitations of something is common. So how do we know that he is the original creator of that item?
And that he is giving the platform the privilege to sell his artworks? It is quite difficult that once you purchased, you found another similar item from a different creator.
That will give less value to what you just purchased. And you are just screwed of this NFT hype.

Opulous-bct

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We had this great question on Quora we'd like to share:
Would there be any problem by listing a digital/NFT on behalf of the actual creator (e.g. creator not into technology so he/she asking me a favor to list on behalf of him/her)?

Anyone could do it, for sure, since creating NFTs are available to anyone on permissionless blockchain networks.

In fact, many creators already engage the services of blockchain professionals — and you could even ask us to help you with creating an NFT on the blockchain if you don’t want to get involved in the technical aspects.

Artists create. NFTs are just a method of wrapping them up to be easily verified, sold, transferred.

Opulous-bct

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Don't miss the Official #Opulous AMA on our Telegram tomorrow at 7pm UTC 🙌

Go join the Opulous group here 👉 @opulousapp

Our founder @Lee_OPU be on-hand to answer as many questions as he can. We'll see you there!

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Delighted to welcome @XcademyOfficial CEO Oliver Bell on-board as an #Opulous advisor.

We've also received strategic investment from XCAD Network & we're looking forward to working closely with them.

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We got some love from AltcoinReview, talking about us and our upcoming partnership with Binance!

Don't forget our tokens are only on sale at MakerDAO. Don't get them anywhere else, those are fake;)

Check out the Full Video:https://youtu.be/eZ2YO2cP5vE

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Pre-sale registration opens today! 🚀
http://daomaker.com/company/opulous

PSA: $OPUL family. Our token has not been released. The only place you can get tokens is through TheDaoMaker, anything else is a scam.

Please do not buy any tokens on Uniswap they are fake!

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Quote from: CaVO32 on June 02, 2021, 05:04:21 PM

It is nice that you are active in this thread and ready to answer any issues or query posted by the users here. With your different partnerships on board, I assume that reaching out those artists/singers and forging relationships would not be a problem. This will be a good way for them to earn income as well as reaching out their fans. Usually, the objectives are great but when it comes to implementation, that's where most projects fail. So hopefully, you can really materialize this platform and sustain its presence in the market.

Thank you! Of course, a lot of our focus right now is on developing our own product at Opulous, and business development. But we'll try our best to respond to community queries here and on other places. Have a look at our Quora, where we answer questions directed at us also on NFTs.

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Quote from: Opulous-bct on June 02, 2021, 03:33:45 AM

Why NFTs?

As a currency, tokens need to be fungible, that is, 1 token should always be exchangeable for 1 token, which makes fiat money and Bitcoin so successful.

But there is a reason to make non-fungible tokens, that are unique in properties and are not of equal value to each other.

**One major use is in the creative industry where NFTs **contain extra information stored in them, taking different formats. JPG or GIF, for example, to represent digital graphics or photos. MP3s to represemt songs, MPGs to represent video.

It proves the property detailed inside to be unique, and if stored in a wallet you own, also proves that you are the owner of that digital property.
This immediately solves two things: prevents forgery, and proves ownership indisputably.

Because they’re digital, they’re also easy to transfer without compromising security or safety.

It is nice that you are active in this thread and ready to answer any issues or query posted by the users here. With your different partnerships on board, I assume that reaching out those artists/singers and forging relationships would not be a problem. This will be a good way for them to earn income as well as reaching out their fans. Usually, the objectives are great but when it comes to implementation, that's where most projects fail. So hopefully, you can really materialize this platform and sustain its presence in the market.

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Why NFTs?

As a currency, tokens need to be fungible, that is, 1 token should always be exchangeable for 1 token, which makes fiat money and Bitcoin so successful.

But there is a reason to make non-fungible tokens, that are unique in properties and are not of equal value to each other.

**One major use is in the creative industry where NFTs **contain extra information stored in them, taking different formats. JPG or GIF, for example, to represent digital graphics or photos. MP3s to represemt songs, MPGs to represent video.

It proves the property detailed inside to be unique, and if stored in a wallet you own, also proves that you are the owner of that digital property.
This immediately solves two things: prevents forgery, and proves ownership indisputably.

Because they’re digital, they’re also easy to transfer without compromising security or safety.

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Quote from: holydarkness on May 29, 2021, 01:12:46 AM

So theoriticaly, the idea you propose here, is that by claiming the NFT of a song, songwriters wouldn't have to be concerned about possible future dispute regarding their music because it is proven to be theirs, via blockchain, and they can still allow their songs and musics to be played elsewhere and gain the royalty?

Only if that NFT is used to contain the digital rights of that song, and it's a lot more complicated than that, but in theory yes, this is possible. Note, NFTs can also be giving you only the rights to play that song for restricted conditions.

It may not completely solve legal disputes, but it's certainly one strong way to prove ownership and a programmable way to track royalty, if used as such.

We may see more use cases in future, but that's precisely what we're trying to help build, but as with all tech, adoption must first happen;)

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We're sharing one of our answers on Quora on a requested question: What's the best NFT marketplace for selling crypto art?

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It really depends on your art, I would say. Beeple is in the news as it’s made some high-profile sales recently, running into the millions of dollars, but it’s probably only good for you if you’re also a high-profile artist.

OpenSea is what I’d call your best bet now for exposure and visibility for the average artist, it’s one of the largest ones out there and backed by Winklevoss (who did Facebook, so you can be sure they understand social networking).

If you’ve got a really rare collectible, then SuperRare is where you want to put it up for auction, though — high-value pieces get good eyeballs there.

You should definitely look at upcoming marketplaces too specific to the blockchain network of your NFT. AirNFTs for Binance Smart Chain, for example. MegaCryptoPolis is coming up for TRON too.

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Quote from: Opulous-bct on May 27, 2021, 07:49:24 AM

Quote from: holydarkness on May 26, 2021, 03:00:57 PM

How does a music be copyright-backed with NFT? Like, how does it even worked? NFT roughly means we can only have if a kind of something, and it's indivisible, right? And a copyright forbid you to display something without the copyright-owner's consent. A copyrigh-backed NFT acts like... what? Someone buy a copyright to a music and no one are allowed to play or listen to it because it'll then lose its uniqueness?

It depends a lot on how you want to look at it.

Admittedly, right now, most NFTs actually do nothing in this regard. All the NFTs you see in the news do now is give the owner ownership rights to a digital imprint.

The NFT to Elon's Tweet, for example, merely points to the Tweet and proves that it was there. But if the Tweet is deleted or moved elsewhere by Twitter, then the NFT doesn't point to the new location.

But if done right, NFT ownership can simple have finality on proof of ownership. You know how people dispute who owns creative rights to copies, etc? If you created a song, for example, you could timestamp it on the blockchain, and own that NFT registering that date of creation. Chronologically, no one can claim rights to it after you have. The only way to transfer those rights would be to transfer the NFT.

So theoriticaly, the idea you propose here, is that by claiming the NFT of a song, songwriters wouldn't have to be concerned about possible future dispute regarding their music because it is proven to be theirs, via blockchain, and they can still allow their songs and musics to be played elsewhere and gain the royalty?

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Remember GameStop guys? Well, they're back in the news and this time, they're launching a new platform for NFTs based on the Ethereum blockchain so yeah, now you can use Gamestop for all them Cryptokitties and Crypto Punks. Well, not now, but soon anyway.

Who says Ethereum is dead right? Wink

Source: https://www.fnlondon.com/articles/gamestop-set-to-launch-ethereum-powered-platform-for-nfts-20210526

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Quote from: holydarkness on May 26, 2021, 03:00:57 PM

How does a music be copyright-backed with NFT? Like, how does it even worked? NFT roughly means we can only have if a kind of something, and it's indivisible, right? And a copyright forbid you to display something without the copyright-owner's consent. A copyrigh-backed NFT acts like... what? Someone buy a copyright to a music and no one are allowed to play or listen to it because it'll then lose its uniqueness?

It depends a lot on how you want to look at it.

Admittedly, right now, most NFTs actually do nothing in this regard. All the NFTs you see in the news do now is give the owner ownership rights to a digital imprint.

The NFT to Elon's Tweet, for example, merely points to the Tweet and proves that it was there. But if the Tweet is deleted or moved elsewhere by Twitter, then the NFT doesn't point to the new location.

But if done right, NFT ownership can simple have finality on proof of ownership. You know how people dispute who owns creative rights to copies, etc? If you created a song, for example, you could timestamp it on the blockchain, and own that NFT registering that date of creation. Chronologically, no one can claim rights to it after you have. The only way to transfer those rights would be to transfer the NFT.

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How does a music be copyright-backed with NFT? Like, how does it even worked? NFT roughly means we can only have if a kind of something, and it's indivisible, right? And a copyright forbid you to display something without the copyright-owner's consent. A copyrigh-backed NFT acts like... what? Someone buy a copyright to a music and no one are allowed to play or listen to it because it'll then lose its uniqueness?

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So the guys who made history in Ukraine by making the first ever blockchain-based real estate sale are now going to do something similar with NFTs.

This time, and it'll all be legal, they'll be auctioning a real apartment as an NFT. Pretty nifty stuff, eh?

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Remember this meme video? Or are you too young to have lived in that era of the internet?

Who'd have thought Charlie Bit My Finger would sell for 760k, eh? Still curious about NFTs? Come over to our website and read more:)

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/viral/charlie-bit-my-finger-youtube-video-sells-nft-760-999-n1268322

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Quote from: necromastery on May 21, 2021, 04:35:46 PM

Okay, looks like you have your own views about it, like you can resolve that problem. I hope you can.
Then I see something interesting, you guys really made it with Trustverse, https://twitter.com/TrustVerse/status/1390371223859695619
You get a very good partner, it should make a lot of advice from them, at least.

Thank you very much for your response and feedback. Certainly, in this industry, it's really important to partner up with the right people. We all have limited resources and it's only logical to leverage off each other's resources, experience and network. When the time comes, we'll certainly be firming up professional relationships that make sense to both parties!

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Quote from: Twinkledoe on May 21, 2021, 04:15:40 PM

Do you have private investors that are also backing this project in terms of financial aspect? Or individuals that are already from the music industry? Because it is hard to get in touch with artists if you don't know anyone from their industry. How can they trust the platform that you will treat them fairly?

We do, otherwise we wouldn't be able to develop at this initial stages and yes, we have team members of course with experience and knowledge in the industry. But we have to focus on building a good product that meets the needs of artists... and prove the value. We want people to trust the solution and the tech, which is more important than trusting the company:)

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Quote from: Opulous-bct on May 17, 2021, 01:15:52 AM

Quote from: necromastery on May 14, 2021, 08:00:04 PM

"connect artists and investors" I quite wondering how you will apply it, it will not be easy to bring artists to change their lives to become busier, more busy than their work. This is not the first time a project like this has appeared, many have failed on promises this thing to investors.

It won't be easy, but artists are already very busy trying to look for investors. If you solved that problem for them, they'd actually be more free to focus on their work.

Okay, looks like you have your own views about it, like you can resolve that problem. I hope you can.
Then I see something interesting, you guys really made it with Trustverse, https://twitter.com/TrustVerse/status/1390371223859695619
You get a very good partner, it should make a lot of advice from them, at least.

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Quote from: Opulous-bct on May 17, 2021, 01:15:52 AM

Quote from: necromastery on May 14, 2021, 08:00:04 PM

"connect artists and investors" I quite wondering how you will apply it, it will not be easy to bring artists to change their lives to become busier, more busy than their work. This is not the first time a project like this has appeared, many have failed on promises this thing to investors.

It won't be easy, but artists are already very busy trying to look for investors. If you solved that problem for them, they'd actually be more free to focus on their work.

You're right this isn't the first time as well, but we're focusing very much on the very real problems of digital copyrights, intellectual property, and less on the gamified versions other projects tried.

Do you have private investors that are also backing this project in terms of financial aspect? Or individuals that are already from the music industry? Because it is hard to get in touch with artists if you don't know anyone from their industry. How can they trust the platform that you will treat them fairly?

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Is it legal for a US citizen to buy an NFT?

It absolutely can be, as long as they use a legitimate source and means as per the US state jurisdiction they are in. Just remember to look at what your tax obligations are for purchasing an NFT, also because it possibly involves purchasing the original rights of the digital property.

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Quote from: necromastery on May 14, 2021, 08:00:04 PM

"connect artists and investors" I quite wondering how you will apply it, it will not be easy to bring artists to change their lives to become busier, more busy than their work. This is not the first time a project like this has appeared, many have failed on promises this thing to investors.

It won't be easy, but artists are already very busy trying to look for investors. If you solved that problem for them, they'd actually be more free to focus on their work.

You're right this isn't the first time as well, but we're focusing very much on the very real problems of digital copyrights, intellectual property, and less on the gamified versions other projects tried.

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"connect artists and investors" I quite wondering how you will apply it, it will not be easy to bring artists to change their lives to become busier, more busy than their work. This is not the first time a project like this has appeared, many have failed on promises this thing to investors.

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Built for Investors & Creators
Opulous brings Decentralized Finance to the music industry, changing how musicians access the funding they need and providing a launchpad for the first music copyright-backed NFTs.

NFT Launchpad
We’re powering a lucrative new revenue stream for creators in the form of music copyright NFTs.

NFT Exchange
Our NFT Exchange allows anyone to invest in music, trade copyright shares and earn royalty revenue alongside their favourite artists.

DeFi Loans
Opulous DeFi Loans are backed by future royalties and will replace the unfair deals traditionally forced on promising artists.

More information will be forthcoming -- stay tuned!

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