What is a PFP profile picture?

PFP is the internet slang term form of profile picture. Often, one will choose to have a picture of themselves as their profile picture. However, for privacy reasons or just for fun, sometimes people decide to make their profile picture an image of a character, animal, or other thing, rather than a picture of themselves.

What is a PFP NFT?

PFP stands for picture-of-proof, or simply put, a ‘profile picture’. From the end of 2020 till mid-2021, PFP NFT collections represented by CryptoPunks and Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) have swept the top auction houses. Arguably, PFP NFTs are changing how people consume art and culture, subverting traditional business logic.

What does PFP stand for in slang?

Overall, the slang word PFP most often stands for profile picture. A profile picture is an image that one associates with their user on a social media website that can identify it as their own.

What are profile picture (PFP) non-fungible tokens (NFTS)?

But no, that alphabet soup has a meaning: We are talking about profile picture (PFP) non-fungible tokens (NFT). The abbreviation refers to the popular use of these NFTs as literal profile pictures on social media sites like Twitter. You may have seen celebrities showcase their Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT as their profile picture, for instance.