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1 * We will discuss nonfungible tokens in-depth, but to give you a head start, nonfungible means that these tokens, which are (digital) representations of (digital) assets similar to how casino chips represent money, are nontradeable. This then means that one nonfungible token cannot be exchanged for another nonfungible token because they do not hold the same value. Casino chips or dollar bills are fungible; a one-dollar chip or one-dollar bill can be exchanged for another one-dollar chip or one-dollar bill, and you still have exactly the same thing. A Pokémon Go card is nonfungible, because one card can be more valuable than another and exchanging it means you will have something different with a different value.

2 † For those unfamiliar with Fortnite, it is an online video game developed by Epic Games and released in 2017. It is a so-called Battle Royale Game, where players fight each other to become the last player standing. It offers different game modes that enable users to not only fight each other but also watch concerts, build an island, or socialize.

3 * In this book, the term Big Tech refers to Facebook (Meta), Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Alphabet, as well as the Chinese counterparts Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent.