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		Thlom on Oct 1, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NFT projects are just MLMs for tech elites Does the GIF reside on the blockchain or is it hosted on whatever webserver? What if the webserver is shutdown? Now you "own" a pointer to nothing?

user-the-name on Oct 1, 2021 [–]

It is hosted on some random webserver or on IPFS. If either goes away, it's gone.

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