Exaptation is when a trait evolves for one purpose but gets repurposed for another.

Feathers where for temperature regulation. Later exapted into flight.

GPS. Same story. 

Two researchers tracked Sputnik’s waves using Doppler shifts to locate the satellite’s orbit.

The military inverted the idea: what if you knew the satellite orbit, and used it to locate yourself?

We call this non-skeuomorphic thinking

NFTs aren’t just digital art. They are portable identity, access, and incentive rails.

Coins aren’t just speculative asset, they’re programmable social glue.

Exapt