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It's unfortunate that "minting" ever became a popular term, just call it what it is in context: buying, collecting, tipping, etc.

People say "mint" when they really mean "save to the blockchain", a byproduct of early adopters in the space caring too much about the tech and not enough about the benefits

NFTs are just digital receipts, calling the action of acquiring them "minting" is like saying "I saved something to the Visa database" instead of "I bought something"

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The term "mint" comes from the Romans use of the word _moneta_, or currency in Italian, so it's been popular for a while.

I see your point though, and to go further, I think the mint term plays more into the negative connotation of "creating money out of thin air"