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2012: Colored Coins on Bitcoin

The idea of NFTs came in 2012 with what was called a “colored coin.” This coin was initially issued on the Bitcoin blockchain in 2012. These coins represented an idea of digitally representing real-world assets and proving ownership of these assets on the Bitcoin blockchain. While this concept was never executed due to the limitations of Bitcoin, it nevertheless laid down the early groundwork for NFTs.

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