It was never about the rocks. Like nearly everything else in the economy it's really about attention.

The attention from a man made diamond is indistinguishable from a natural one to most people.

I think this is true, manmade diamonds are valuable in a way that counterfeit currency is not. But "most people" may not be as important as people who know the story of, and the person wearing, the gem, and provenance is always a meaningful point of reference for expensive luxury items.

My screenshots of NFTs are pixel accurate, but not exactly as valuable as the real thing.

	▲	dplgk 4 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It seems we've all come down to the reality that the screenshot of an nft is exactly as valuable as the nft.
	▲	mathiaspoint 4 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Yeah it goes both ways too. As they say it's the thought that counts.