McDonald's is creating its first-ever non-fungible token in honor of the McRib's 40th anniversary.
The fast-food chain said it would begin giving out the NFTs to fans on Twitter starting Nov. 1, according to aΒ press releaseΒ from the company. The McRib was also set to began rolling out at participating McDonald's on Monday.
NFTs are a kind of certificate of authenticity. The NFT is a string of unique characters. The characters are connected to a blockchain, a group of computers that act as a digital ledger that no one computer can change.
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