After being offered Rp. 16 billion, Elon Musk’s tweet was canceled

KOMPAS.com – CEO of Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk announced it would sell one of the jokes (tweet) on the account Twitter personal in the form of a Non-Fungible Token (NFT).

Tweet The 49-year-old man was offered a fantastic price, namely US $ 1.12 million or around Rp.16.1 billion by the CEO of Oracle Bridge, Sina Estavi.

Also read: Elon Musk’s tweet contains a song about NFT, offered at Rp. 16 billion

Later, Musk changed his mind. One day after uploading his offer, Musk said he was canceling selling the NFT he had uploaded.

“Actually, it’s a bit less accurate to sell this (NFT). It’s not so for sale,” Musk wrote, in a follow -up tweet.

Actually, doesn’t feel quite right selling this. Will pass.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 16, 2021

NFT is a crypto technology in the form of a digital certificate that states ownership of photos, videos, or other virtual forms. Musk himself is one of the richest people in the world with assets reaching thousands of trillions of rupiah.

Posting Twitter, which was originally sold by Musk, includes a short video accompanied by music techno. Liriknya berbuny, “NFT for your vanity. Computers never sleep. It’s verified. It’s guaranteed”.

Also read: Get to know NFT, a Crypto Asset on the Rise

The 2-minute and 20-second video also features a rotating trophy image with various texts such as “Vanity Trophy”, “NFT” and “HODL”.

If you pay attention, the video that Musk uploaded contains elements of the term cryptocurrency, one of which is the word HODL.

The word HODL itself is an expression used by crypto currency players to hold their crypto assets.

just setting up my twttr

– jack (@jack) March 21, 2006

Before Musk, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey offered tweets for sale. His first tweet on Twitter that read “Just setting up my twttr” is currently being auctioned. The highest bid is US $ 2.5 million or the equivalent of Rp. 35 billion.

Also read: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s First Tweet For Sale

The proceeds from the sale of Dorsey’s tweets are planned to be donated to GiveDirectly, a non-profit organization that helps people living in poverty in Africa.

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