Fifteen years after Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey sent the world’s first tweet, the message was sold as an NFT for nearly $ 3 million. The winning bid comes from Sina Estavi, CEO of blockchain company Bridge Oracle.
Dorsey announced earlier this month that he is his first tweet about Valuables, with the proceeds from the Giving Directly Africa Response Fund. On Monday, Dorsey he donated 50 BTC to the organization, which helps people affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
As valuable items on his website, the “possession” of a tweet does not change his status on Twitter. The winner rather offers a digital certificate of the tweet, unique because it was signed and verified by the maker. ‘
The sale is the latest example of the current NFT craze that has been in the community and cryptocurrency in recent months. NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, are a digital asset that is permanently linked to a crypto-verified token. The real asset – in this case a tweet – can still be freely shared and viewed and copied by anyone on the internet, but only Estavi keeps the original “signed” version.