The 10-Year vs. 4,000-Year Horizon Digital Rarity: There is a strong school of thought among collectors that original artwork from the first five years of the NFT ecosystem will achieve extreme rarity and value over a 10-year horizon. Just as the oldest pyramids stand as foundational monuments to Egyptian history, the earliest mints on chains like Ethereum and Solana are viewed by proponents as the foundational monuments of digital cultural history. Physical vs. Digital Decay: While the Pyramids have survived thousands of years of wind, sand, and grave robbers, NFTs swap physical weathering for digital survival. They rely on the ongoing consensus and survival of the underlying blockchain networks to remain accessible centuries from now.