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The entire point of NFTs is that you can attach a verifiably limited supply to a set of collectables. Just like with their real world counterparts, you can have knock-offs and reproductions that people collect, but the owner of the actual original one knows they have something of a limited set.

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When beanie babies have limited supply, it's because the factory has to manufacture other goods for their next contract.

When imaginary cryptohashes have limited supply, it's kind of pointless, or at least there is nothing good for the buyer or society.

There are plenty of products where scarcity is intentionally created, though. Disney DVDs are a prime example.

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