翻译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.
买NFT，究竟买了什么？当大部分人问起这个问题，他们把NFT当作数字艺术品，让我们从这里开始。
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.
一个艺术家购买NFT，买的是一个唯一的、安全的数字代币——基于区块链——代表了他对这个数字艺术品具有所有权。直白地讲，你将会获得一个数字文件。这个文件包含了某个艺术品的复件，而且是与区块链绑定的。
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.
看起来很简单是吧，但是可能你会想，简单地这样理解NFT可能错过了一些关键信息。NFT不止于此，当你购买NFT，并通过购买它进入区块链，并且成为NFT的一部分，你会对它了解更多。
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.
换句话说，当你买NFT，你买的是一个“事实”——你购买了NFT的事实。这个事实会被记录在区块链，作为NFT的购买历史一直存在，而且是任何人、任何地区，作为区块链的一部分，均是可验证的。你拥有这个数字文件，你永远拥有（至少在你售卖之前）。任何处于区块链中的人都可以随时验证这一事实。
Another useful question is: What don’t you buy when you buy an NFT?
另外一个有用的问题是：你在买NFT时，什么是你没有买的呢？
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.
你并不拥有这项艺术品的版权，这个艺术品的版权还是属于创作者/艺术家（如果你买了NFT的版权，你当然可以拥有。然而，大部分的NFT购买都不会购买版权）。购买NFT就像购买一串唯一的序列号。一个NFT会被复制成多少个，取决于艺术家或是创作者。打个比方，类似于限量版的棒球卡，或是腕表，或是艺术品的复制品。
你的NFT可能是100个中的一个，或是唯一的一个。重要的事情在于——就像是棒球卡、手表或是印刷品——是唯一的，而且可以价值提升，可以被卖掉或是被交易。它还有基于区块链的真实性的优势。这是新的艺术收藏手段吗？当然。记住，NFT并不比拥有传统形式的艺术品“更好”或是“更坏”，它只是一种全新的拥有艺术品的方式。