A New World Built Up By NFTs. The metaverse was a big deal when it was first proposed.
06 Oct 2021, 08:00
A New World Built Up By NFTs
The metaverse was a big deal when it was first proposed. In Neal Stephenson’s 1992 sci-fi novel, Snow Crash, the metaverse is a virtual copy of the real world that people can interact with by wearing special “data goggles.”
Back then, the idea of the metaverse seemed quaintly optimistic. Nearly 30 years ago, it was hard to imagine how our online social interactions would become more extensive and diverse than in real life. And perhaps even more importantly—how they would be monetized.