World Wide Web source code NFT sells for $5.4 mn
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01/07/2021 - 01:10 Tim Berners-Lee s source code for the World Wide Web was sold as an NFT by Sotheby s TIMOTHY A. CLARY AFP/File 3 min
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Tim Berners-Lee s source code for the World Wide Web sold Wednesday for $5.4 million in the form of non-fungible token (NFT).
Sotheby s in New York organized the weeklong sale of the program that paved the way for the internet we know today more than 30 years after its creation.
The lot included an animated version of Berners-Lee s nearly 10,000 lines of code and a letter from the British-born computer scientist himself.
published : 1 Jul 2021 at 07:45 Tim Berners-Lee s source code for the World Wide Web was sold as an NFT by Sotheby s.
NEW YORK: Tim Berners-Lee s source code for the World Wide Web sold Wednesday for $5.4 million in the form of non-fungible token (NFT).
Sotheby s in New York organised the weeklong sale of the programme that paved the way for the internet we know today more than 30 years after its creation.
The lot included an animated version of Berners-Lee s nearly 10,000 lines of code and a letter from the British-born computer scientist himself. Ten years ago, we wouldn t have been able to do this, said Cassandra Hatton, vice-president at Sotheby s, referring to the recent boom in NFTs.
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Tim Berners-Lee s source code for the World Wide Web sold Wednesday for $5.4 million in the form of non-fungible token (NFT).
Sotheby s in New York organized the weeklong sale of the program that paved the way for the internet we know today more than 30 years after its creation.
The lot included an animated version of Berners-Lee s nearly 10,000 lines of code and a letter from the British-born computer scientist himself. Ten years ago, we wouldn t have been able to do this, said Cassandra Hatton, vice-president at Sotheby s, referring to the recent boom in NFTs.
World Wide Web source code NFT sells for $5.4 million
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NFTs currently generate several hundred million dollars in transactions every month.
Tim Berners-Lee’s source code for the World Wide Web sold Wednesday for $5.4 million in the form of non-fungible token (NFT).
Sotheby’s in New York organised the weeklong sale of the program that paved the way for the internet we know today more than 30 years after its creation.
The lot included an animated version of Berners-Lee’s nearly 10,000 lines of code and a letter from the British-born computer scientist himself.
“Ten years ago, we wouldn’t have been able to do this,” said Cassandra Hatton, vice-president at Sotheby’s, referring to the recent boom in NFTs.
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