SAN FRANCISCO, KOMPAS.com – Forest Twitter Jack Dorsey sells his first tweet at auction online as reported AFP.
Reporting from BBC, the bid for Dorsey’s first tweet reached US $ 2.5 million or the equivalent of Rp.35 billion.
just setting up my twttr
– jack (@jack) March 21, 2006
“just setting up my twttr (preparing my twttr), “Dorsey tweeted on March 22, 2006.
On Friday (5/3/2021), he uploaded a link that directed the auction site affiliated with the Twitter account @Cent.
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According to the @Cent biography, the account buys and sells tweets signed by the creator.
The twite will be sold as non-fungible token ( NFT), sort of digital certificate which states the party who owns the photo, video, or other virtual form.
However, the post remains publicly available on Twitter even after being auctioned.
The buyer will receive a certificate, digitally signed and verified by Dorsey, as well as metadata from the original tweet.
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The metadata will include information such as when the tweet was uploaded and the text content.
Reporting from CNBC, NFT ownership is recorded at blockchain, a kind of digital “ledger” akin to a support network bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
However, unlike most currencies, one cannot exchange one NFT for another as one can against a dollar or other asset.
Each NFT is unique and happens to be a collection item that cannot be duplicated thus making it rare.
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The popularity of crypto collections has exploded lately, from artists to band rock print their own content.
For example, the Nyan Cat meme, created in 2011, for example, sold US $ 587,000 or the equivalent of Rp.8.21 billion in an auction. online last month.
Some people who buy NFTs believe that ownership of the assets can help them prove ownership of virtual goods.
Dorsey has also been a supporter of digital currencies, writing #bitcoin on his Twitter biography.
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