The art piece of the current nft craze certainly has its issues. But sports team owners like Marc Cuban are interested in the potential of the smart contract abilities of nfts for ticket sales. The blockchain could help fight forgery and also could be programed to send a portion of resold ticket profits to the original seller, discouraging scalping and secondary market price inflation. So yes, while the current craze in art and collectibles may be hype, there is clearly longterm potential for those with the imagination to find solutions to real world problems with nfts and other blockchain innovations.