I’m a big fan of Krita but not a professional artist. I’m a lawyer (don’t stop reading) who helps entrepreneurs with tech law. This is not a solicitation but a genuine question for the Krita leadership team. I am against crypto scammers of course but believe blockchain and NFTs are going to pave the way for creators to build communities, protect and license their works more efficiently, and thus earn higher income and royalties. I was expecting to see some discussion among the Krita artist community about these ideas but was discouraged to read a 2021 tweet from Krita that it would “block or mute” anyone promoting an NFT (don’t know what that means exactly). Can you update me and the community on Krita’s stance? Many thanks
Hi
you can use Krita to produce art and generate NFT, nobody from Krita will tell you anything
what is not permitted is:
- to promote NFT in a way that could let think that you’ve support of Krita foundation
– @halla will be able to be more precise - to promote NFT on this forum
– you can read ToS of forum for that
Grum999
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Isn’t that what’s called a ‘leading question’?
On this particular forum, you can use the search facility (the magnifying glass icon, top right, next to your logged in user profile picture) to search for ‘nft’ and see all topics that include that text somewhere.
All statements are the personal opinions of individual members of the forum and are subject to the ToS and the CoC:
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thanks folks, very good to know
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IMO NFT is basically a scam… you’re not buying/selling anything but a link, a token…like a subway token and no ride.
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With NFTs, like @kacart said, your not buying/selling anything. The only thing you get a position in a blockchain (blockchains show how crypto moves from one wallet to another and most are public). Its not (for most people) worth spending thousands on a jpeg that can have its value destroyed with a simple right click and save as or just a screenshot of it
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The title you chose for the topic makes it look like this was ever the case.
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The tweet for what I remember was tweeted because some NFT bro were promoting their stuff by directly pinging Krita tweeter account, like it was made with official agreement of Krita foundation or something like this
In addition to remark from @Takiro, Krita foundation never urged user to not sell their artwork with NFT (or I may miss a communication somewhere)
They’ve a point of view about NFT (they don’t like NFT and don’t want to be associated in any way with that) but users does what they want as long as they do not use Krita brand to promote their stuff
Maybe that from this detail there’s a misunderstanding: use Krita and your produced artwork as you want, don’t use Krita brand for promoting your NFT stuff
Grum999
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Thanks @Grum999 the position of the foundation is understood, helpful. 
FWIW I agree with others that the way NFTs have been mostly used thus far - to register a somewhat meaningless certificate of ownership of widely published digital art in the hope such unique certification will be an enduring collectible - sounds dumb and I am not an investor. (Of course collectibles are worth exactly what someone will pay so we all could be proven “wrong” but who cares.) I do believe, however, that the technology of NFTs or some variation of a token with the right smart contract terms will be a key to enabling artists of all kinds (starting with music as we’re already seeing) to license various rights and collect royalties without large middlemen controlling the market and taking big cuts, and also to prove originality, ownership and maybe if we figure out enforcement mechanisms, fight infringement. Since digital art can include variations, layers and links beyond the immediate work, the possibilities of inspiring creators in social networks to spawn derivative works (think, planting a seed with your work, and being able to set the parameters for derivatives and their exploitation) could be an exciting future for this technology.