The era of transformation powered by digitization, improvements in information and communication technology, machine learning, robotics and artificial intelligence is upon us. Today, we are able to solve complex problems with the aid of technology. That notwithstanding, animal populations globally are under threat, with the extinction of species taking place at a far accelerated pace than can be reversed, thus making wildlife conservation a critical issue of our time. Along with wildlife extinction currently underway, there remains a chronic financial shortage for wildlife conservation and the funding shortfall is expanding annually. This research contends that blockchain, the technology underpinning cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin can be utilized as a catalyst for the development of crypto wildlife nonfungible tokens (NFTs), which are provably scarce, unique and programmable digital wildlife collectible assets. These could be used to finance wildlife conservation as a supplementary source of revenue.

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Abstract:
The era of transformation powered by digitization, improvements in information and
communication technology, machine learning, robotics and artificial intelligence is upon us.
Today, we are able to solve complex problems with the aid of technology. That notwithstanding,
animal populations globally are under threat, with the extinction of species taking place at a far
accelerated pace than can be reversed, thus making wildlife conservation a critical issue of our
time. Along with wildlife extinction currently underway, there remains a chronic financial
shortage for wildlife conservation and the funding shortfall is expanding annually. This research
contends that blockchain, the technology underpinning cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin can be
utilized as a catalyst by the development of cryptowildlife nonfungible tokens (NFTs), which are
provably scarce, unique and programmable digital wildlife collectible assets. These could be
used to finance wildlife conservation as a supplementary source of revenue.
Introduction:
The Biggest Future NFTs Trends Everyone Needs To Know About | Bernard Marr
Many others, however, are confident that they bring value and innovation to a number of
different industries, from obvious ones such as gaming and anything involving the metaverse to
less obvious use cases such as real estate, healthcare, and insurance. While so far, most of
what we have seen in the NFT space has been related to art and selling artwork, we are likely to
see many more uses for the technology in years to come. Here’s a look at some of the areas
where exciting work is underway. Collins dictionary – which picked the phrase as its word of the
year for 2021 – defines an NFT as “a unique digital certificate, registered in a blockchain, that is
used to record ownership of an asset such as an artwork or collectible.” Leaving aside the
technical details, an easy way to think about it is a digital certificate of ownership that, because
it is stored on an encrypted, distributed database (a blockchain), cannot be forged, tampered
with, or altered by anyone apart from its owner. This means they can be used as a theoretically
fool proof method of creating scarcity (and hence value) for an otherwise infinitely-replicable
piece of digital information. The information it represents could be a piece of digital art, music, a
piece of clothing or item to wear in a game, the keys to a virtual reality house – potentially
anything that someone might want to be unique. Collins dictionary – which picked the phrase as
its word of the year for 2021 – defines an NFT as “a unique digital certificate, registered in a
blockchain, that is used to record ownership of an asset such as an artwork or collectible.”
Leaving aside the technical details, an easy way to think about it is a digital certificate of
ownership that, because it is stored on an encrypted, distributed database (a blockchain),
cannot be forged, tampered with, or altered by anyone apart from its owner. This means they
can be used as a theoretically fool proof method of creating scarcity (and hence value) for an
otherwise infinitely-replicable piece of digital information. The information it represents could be
a piece of digital art, music, a piece of clothing or item to wear in a game, the keys to a virtual
reality house – potentially anything that someone might want to be unique.
NFTs and the metaverse:

2. The metaverse is a hot topic in technology circles right now, and definitions differ according to
who you ask. Generally speaking, though, it refers to a connected, persistent digital ecosystem
that is more immersive than the existing internet – perhaps involving virtual reality (VR). The
metaverse will let us work, play, socialize, travel, and educate ourselves within a consistent
digital environment. It has been called a trillion-dollar business opportunity and “the biggest
disruptor to how we live our lives, ever seen.” NFTs will play a number of important roles in the
virtual worlds that will make up the metaverse. Firstly, they enable digital items to be unique. We
all know that people in the real world like collecting and showing off rare and unique things, and
there’s no reason to think the virtual world will be any different! It’s already possible to buy
unique artwork to display in your virtual reality art gallery. Similarly, Nike recently sold 600 pairs
of shoes as NFTs – making itself over $3 million in the process. In reality, these were actually
just pictures of shoes that can only be looked at. In the future, it’s likely that they will be
functioning virtual shoes that can be worn by our avatars as we go about our digital lives. Think
of it as being able to kit out your character in a video game in one-of-a-kind clothing that no one
else can own. After all, there’s no reason to think that anyone’s ego will be any smaller in the
metaverse than it is in the real world.
Of course, they remain a controversial topic. Some claim that the energy usage and carbon
emissions connected with their use offset any potential benefit they might have. At least one
company backtracked out of plans to become involved in the trend following negative reception
to the news from their customers.
The Biggest Future NFTs Trends Everyone Needs To Know About | Bernard Marr
Many others, however, are confident that they bring value and innovation to a number of
different industries, from obvious ones such as gaming and anything involving the metaverse to
less obvious use cases such as real estate, healthcare, and insurance.
Collins dictionary – which picked the phrase as its word of the year for 2021 – defines an NFT
as “a unique digital certificate, registered in a blockchain, that is used to record ownership of an
asset such as an artwork or collectible.”
NFTs and the internet of things:
It’s estimated that by 2030 there could be more than 125 billion connected devices in the world.
This huge network of computers, vehicles, appliances, wearables, industrial machinery, and
many other items is what we mean when we talk about the internet of things (IoT) – and many
think that NFTs have an important role to play.
Much of the communication that takes place on the IoT is made up of machine-to-machine
(M2M) communications. Think of the smartphone technology that you may well have in your
own home; for example – devices like smart light bulbs, refrigerators, and AI voice assistants
are all capable of communicating with each other. In a smart factory or warehouse, the same
thing happens but at a far greater scale, as hundreds or thousands of machines all
communicate and exchange data to keep the business running. NFTs are potentially useful here
because they allow machines to authenticate the data that is coming in from other machines.
Basically, this is the digital equivalent of a warehouse manager checking the paperwork when
they take delivery of a container load of inventory.
Ideas like this as already being put into operation today – cybersecurity specialists WISeKey
uses semiconductors implanted onto physical network infrastructure that automatically mint
NFTs in order to certify that the device is trustworthy.

3. Another initiative is looking at connecting NFTs with city infrastructure assets such as street
lamps, bus shelters, and traffic lights. Here, the tokens would enable accurate data from these
devices to be made available for commercialization by companies looking to develop new
services, such as communications companies.
NFTs in healthcare:
Advocates for the use of NFT technology in the healthcare space point to the fact that it could
one day potentially help individuals to take control of their own health data. It could even let
them make money from it.
Personal healthcare data is bought and sold all the time, generating vast amounts of value.
However, very little of that goes to the person who really owns the data – the patient themself.
Today, it’s easier than ever to generate and collect health data, thanks to the availability of
wearables, monitors, and sensors. Even genomic information is cheapy accessible, thanks to
services that let individuals map and analyze their own DNA information. Many of us have no
idea where the information generated every time we use a device or interact with a service is
ending up. In fact, it turns out that much of this information will probably eventually make its way
to the black market – where an individual healthcare record is said to be around $250. Yes,
even criminals are making more money from our health data than we are.
NFTs allow information to be tagged with
data, which means it can be tracked whenever it is passed on. Not only does this mean better
oversight of where our information ends up, it means one day we could potentially take
advantage of the smart contract capabilities of NFT and blockchain technology to ensure we are
paid the royalties we are due every time our data is passed on.
That’s the theory, anyway – and companies such as Aimedis.io are already exploring ways of
making it a reality. But regardless of whether we will one day be able to claim our share of the
billions that are generated through the sale of health data, NFTs could potentially bring
transparency and accountability to the transfer of this highly sensitive information, and that
alone has to be a good thing.
Of course, they remain a controversial topic. Some claim that the energy usage and carbon
emissions connected with their use offset any potential benefit they might have. At least one
company backtracked out of plans to become involved in the trend following negative reception
to the news from their customers.
The Biggest Future NFTs Trends Everyone Needs To Know About | Bernard Marr
Many others, however, are confident that they bring value and innovation to a number of
different industries, from obvious ones such as gaming and anything involving the metaverse to
less obvious use cases such as real estate, healthcare, and insurance.
While so far, most of what we have seen in the NFT space has been related to art and selling
artwork, we are likely to see many more uses for the technology in years to come. Here’s a look
at some of the areas where exciting work is under. Collins dictionary – which picked the phrase
as its word of the year for 2021 – defines an NFT as “a unique digital certificate, registered in a
blockchain, that is used to record ownership of an asset such as an artwork or collectible.”
Leaving aside the technical details, an easy way to think about it is a digital certificate of
ownership that, because it is stored on an encrypted, distributed database (a blockchain),
cannot be forged, tampered with, or altered by anyone apart from its owner. This means they
can be used as a theoretically fool proof method of creating scarcity (and hence value) for an

4. otherwise infinitely-replicable piece of digital information. The information it represents could be
a piece of digital art, music, a piece of clothing or item to wear in a game, the keys to a virtual
reality house – potentially anything that someone might want to be unique.
NFTs will play a number of important roles in the virtual worlds that will make up the metaverse.
Firstly, they enable digital items to be unique. We all know that people in the real world like
collecting and showing off rare and unique things, and there’s no reason to think the virtual
world will be any different! It’s already possible to buy unique artwork to display in your virtual
reality art gallery. Similarly, Nike recently sold 600 pairs of shoes as NFTs – making itself over
$3 million in the process. In reality, these were actually just pictures of shoes that can only be
looked at. In the future, it’s likely that they will be functioning virtual shoes that can be worn by
our avatars as we go about our digital lives. Think of it as being able to kit out your character in
a video game in one-of-a-kind clothing that no one else can own. After all, there’s no reason to
think that anyone’s ego will be any smaller in the metaverse than it is in the real world.
NFTs and the internet of things:
It’s estimated that by 2030 there could be more than 125 billion connected devices in the world.
This huge network of computers, vehicles, appliances, wearables, industrial machinery, and
many other items is what we mean when we talk about the internet of things (IoT) – and many
think that NFTs have an important role to play.
Much of the communication that takes place on the IoT is made up of machine-to-machine
(M2M) communications. Think of the smartphone technology that you may well have in your
own home; for example – devices like smart light bulbs, refrigerators, and AI voice assistants
are all capable of communicating with each other. In a smart factory or warehouse, the same
thing happens but at a far greater scale, as hundreds or thousands of machines all
communicate and exchange data to keep the business running. NFTs are potentially useful here
because they allow machines to authenticate the data that is coming in from other machines.
Basically, this is the digital equivalent of a warehouse manager checking the paperwork when
they take delivery of a container load of inventory.
Ideas like this as already being put into operation today – cybersecurity specialists WISeKey
uses semiconductors implanted onto physical network infrastructure that automatically mint
NFTs in order to certify that the device is trustworthy.
Another initiative is looking at connecting NFTs with city infrastructure assets such as street
lamps, bus shelters, and traffic lights. Here, the tokens would enable accurate data from these
devices to be made available for commercialization by companies looking to develop new
services, such as communications companies.
Of course, they remain a controversial topic. Some claim that the energy usage and carbon
emissions connected with their use offset any potential benefit they might have. At least one
company backtracked out of plans to become involved in the trend following negative reception
to the news from their customers. Generally speaking, though, it refers to a connected,
persistent digital ecosystem that is more immersive than the existing internet – perhaps
involving virtual reality (VR). The metaverse will let us work, play, socialize, travel, and educate
ourselves within a consistent digital environment. It has been called a trillion-dollar business
opportunity and “the biggest disruptor to how we live our lives, ever seen.”

5. NFTs will play a number of important roles in the virtual worlds that will make up the metaverse.
Firstly, they enable digital items to be unique. We all know that people in the real world like
collecting and showing off rare and unique things, and there’s no reason to think the virtual
world will be any different! It’s already possible to buy unique artwork to display in your virtual
reality art gallery.
NFTs in healthcare:
Advocates for the use of NFT technology in the healthcare space point to the fact that it could
one day potentially help individuals to take control of their own health data. It could even let
them make money from it.
data than we are.
NFTs allow information to be tagged with data, which means it can be tracked whenever it is
passed on. Not only does this mean better oversight of where our information ends up, it means
one day we could potentially take advantage of the smart contract capabilities of NFT and
blockchain technology to ensure we are paid the royalties we are due every time our data is
passed on.
That’s the theory, anyway – and companies such as Aimedis.io are already exploring ways of
making it a reality. But regardless of whether we will one day be able to claim our share of the
billions that are generated through the sale of health data, NFTs could potentially bring
transparency and accountability to the transfer of this highly sensitive information, and that
alone has to be a good thing.
Conclusion:
Of course, for every person proclaiming that NFTs are the future of any (or all) enterprises and
fields of human endeavor, there is another saying it is simply a faddish flash-in-the-pan that will
quickly be forgotten about. The truth is that no one knows for sure what the future holds.
However, it's undeniable that a lot of big players are investing heavily in the technology, and
there's clearly a firm belief, among some very smart and and well-resourced people, that it will
have a role to play in our futures. Certainly, there are pressing issues that need to be addressed
– it would be morally wrong to simply ignore the astronomical energy use involved. But at the
same time, the technology is potentially too transformative to be written off or ignored.