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Robert Jones, NAPA

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Some artists on POL have been approached by a recently-joined member to sell their work to someone who proposes to trade in NFTs - and if that doesn't mean anything to you, it doesn't mean a lot to me, either. I have no idea whether this is a genuine approach or not, but I would urge everyone to be very careful before responding positively to such an offer, and to do their online research first.  If you're a professional painter - that is, one whose career lies in producing and selling paintings - speak to your accountant, agent, or gallery first.  And if anyone offers to pay you in Bitcoin - just don't respond. 
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Robert Jones, NAPA

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Bumping this back up again.  
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Martin Cooke

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This site explains NFTs in what to me seems quite a balanced way. https://nftexplained.io/what-is-nft-art/ I wouldn't touch them myself -- they're risky, too recent and I'm not an early adopter, and perhaps the thing will turn out to be a brief fad anyway.

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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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The above was remove as it contains link to a Facebook page ultimately selling NFTS.

Julie Powell

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I too was approached by someone wanting to buy my artwork with NFT’s. I was very dubious and replied that I would need an awful lot more information about her and her company just for due diligence. She wanted me to ‘mint’ my artwork but when I requested background information she did not respond any more. I would be super cautious about it. 

Norrette Moore

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I think that being paid by Bitcoins or other such digital money, is like being paid by shares in a company.  If you dont cash it in straight away you could end up losing a good amount. I'd demand real money if I were selling.

Trevor Bendell

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I agree with the above comments: if you area a professional artist, being paid in NFT's is big gamble.  And the question remains, why would a recently-joined member approach a number of artists?  

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