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Real World NFTs

The core concept behind an NFT is a non-fungible token. Similar to its well know use case of digital artwork, in basic form it just means that each instance is unique (non-fungible). It consists of a custom smart contract to track and store said NFTs, which can follow any custom logic as long as is provides the functions defined by the ERC-721 standardisation (https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/standards/tokens/erc-721/). This standard provides a standard to interact with NFT contracts and enables interoperability within the entire blockchain eco-system. It means if you own an NFT you can transfer them to different owners with ease, or sell it on NFT marketplaces like opensea.io, it is what brings true ownership and possibility to the blockchain.

The NFT standardisation is already a well accepted framework for asset ownership on the blockchain and serves as a logic base for anything relating to digital ownership. What if each physical item had a digital counterpart as a real world NFT? The core concept behind Pingify is exactly this, bringing a digital counterpart to real world items as an NFT. But how would this capture adoption amongst non-blockchain oriented users? What benefits would this bring?