翻譯The Comprehensive Guide to NFTs
When I buy an NFT, what exactly am I buying? When most people ask this question, they are again referring to an NFT that’s a work of digital art, so let’s start there.
買NFT，究竟買了什麼？當大部分人問起這個問題，他們把NFT當作數字藝術品，讓我們從這裏開始。
An art collector purchasing an NFT buys a unique and secure digital token—backed by blockchain—representing ownership of that digital work of art. Put plainly, you get one digital file. The file contains a copy of the artwork, and it’s also tied to the blockchain.
一個藝術家購買NFT，買的是一個唯一的、安全的數字代幣——基於區塊鏈——代表了他對這個數字藝術品具有所有權。直白地講，你將會獲得一個數字文件。這個文件包含了某個藝術品的復件，而且是與區塊鏈綁定的。
Seems simple, right? But, as you might imagine, to reduce NFT art to these details sort of misses the point. There’s much more to it, which becomes apparent when you understand that upon purchasing the NFT, your doing so enters the blockchain and becomes a part of the NFT itself.
看起來很簡單是吧，但是可能你會想，簡單地這樣理解NFT可能錯過了一些關鍵信息。NFT不止於此，當你購買NFT，並通過購買它進入區塊鏈，並且成爲NFT的一部分，你會對它瞭解更多。
To put it another way, when you buy an NFT, you buy the fact that you have bought the NFT. The fact of your doing so is secured on the history of that NFT for all time, and this fact becomes verifiable by anyone, anywhere, as part of the blockchain. You own the digital file. You own it forever (or at least until you sell it). And anyone on the blockchain will be able to verify that fact at any time.
換句話說，當你買NFT，你買的是一個“事實”——你購買了NFT的事實。這個事實會被記錄在區塊鏈，作爲NFT的購買歷史一直存在，而且是任何人、任何地區，作爲區塊鏈的一部分，均是可驗證的。你擁有這個數字文件，你永遠擁有（至少在你售賣之前）。任何處於區塊鏈中的人都可以隨時驗證這一事實。
Another useful question is: What don’t you buy when you buy an NFT?
另外一個有用的問題是：你在買NFT時，什麼是你沒有買的呢？
Well, you don’t own the rights to the work, or to representations of it; that copyright still rests with the creator/artist. (If you bought the copyright in addition to the NFT, then you would also own these things. However, most purchasers of NFT art do not do this.) Buying an NFT is more like buying a digital work of art with a unique serial number. It is up to the artist or creator how many NFTs like yours exist. A good analogy might be a limited-edition baseball card, or wristwatch, or print reproduction of a painting. Yours may be “1 of 100” or “1 of 1.” The important thing is—just like baseball cards, or watches, or prints—it is unique and can still go up in value, still be sold, and still be traded. It also has the unique advantage of authenticity that is backed by the blockchain. Is this a new and different sort of art collecting? Absolutely. But so is everything important when it first comes on the scene. Remember: NFTs are not “better” or “worse” to own than traditional forms of art. They are a new way to own art entirely.
你並不擁有這項藝術品的版權，這個藝術品的版權還是屬於創作者/藝術家（如果你買了NFT的版權，你當然可以擁有。然而，大部分的NFT購買都不會購買版權）。購買NFT就像購買一串唯一的序列號。一個NFT會被複製成多少個，取決於藝術家或是創作者。打個比方，類似於限量版的棒球卡，或是腕錶，或是藝術品的複製品。
你的NFT可能是100箇中的一個，或是唯一的一個。重要的事情在於——就像是棒球卡、手錶或是印刷品——是唯一的，而且可以價值提升，可以被賣掉或是被交易。它還有基於區塊鏈的真實性的優勢。這是新的藝術收藏手段嗎？當然。記住，NFT並不比擁有傳統形式的藝術品“更好”或是“更壞”，它只是一種全新的擁有藝術品的方式。