( January 20, 2022; *CoinDesk* ) **_Description_**: "“Right-clickers” begone!"

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For as long as crypto believers have been using NFTs (non-fungible tokens) as profile pictures on Twitter, there’s been skepticism about the durability of “ownership” over these digital assets. Sure, you might “own” that cartoon monkey in your profile picture, in the sense that the token is affixed to your Ethereum address on an immutable, append-only ledger – but what’s stopping me from just right-clicking the image and setting it as my profile picture, too? Now, after months of anticipation, Twitter has released an official verification mechanism for NFT profile pictures.

---- **_Discussion Question_**: How could the Steem blockchain make use of NFTs from Tron, Ethereum, and/or other platforms to add value to the content that's here? Before NFTs were even a thing, there once was a service called, @steemverify. Read the rest from *CoinDesk*: [Twitter Launches NFT Profile Picture Verification](https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/01/20/twitter-launches-nft-profile-picture-verification/) ---

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