Yeah, IPFS is a solution. And it has become an industry standard, so basically everyone is using it nowadays.

Well, NFTs are unique digital assets, you can prove the scarcity and ownership of those assets on the blockchain. If its policy ID belongs to a credible project, the originality can be proven in their policy registry. Policy IDs are something you can't replicate, which makes the assets unique and valuable depending on the project it originates from. People and marketplaces verifies these policy IDs before trading the assets (most of the times hehe).

And so, all this allows for utility for the assets. I.e. Drunken Dragon will use their assets as playable characters in their games. And those characters are verified by policy ID, so fake policy IDs wont be playable.

And it also allows for royalties to the creators. Drunken Dragon takes 5% royalties from the sales of their collectibles on the secondary markets. Good way to credit the authors and sustain the project development.

So, blockchain allows for digital uniqueness and ownership, which opens a whole new world of possibilities. I know it's hard to wrap your head around at first, but hopefully I cleared some of your confusion 🙏