Jimmy Wales, one of the co-founders of Wikipedia, decided to sell the first version of the platform as NFT. The iMac, which Wales used to develop Wikipedia, will also be sold at the auction.
Serving since 2001 with the slogan of “Free Encyclopedia” Wikipediaannounced that it will enter the NFT business. Jimmy Wales, one of the founding partners of the platform, will convert the first version of Wikipedia into NFT and put it up for auction. Part of the money to be won from the auction to charities, part of which Jimmy Wales is working on “WT.SocialIt will be used for the development of the social media platform named “.
The Wikipedia founder’s NFT project is more than just the site’s first entry. Used by Wales to develop Wikipedia, it will be auctioned off at Christies’ Auction House. iMac will also be put up for sale. Authorities at the auction million dollar They anticipate it will pay off. So, how was Wikipedia in the first place?
Here is Wikipedia’s first post in history
The first page to be auctioned off as NFT will only contain “Hello World!“. However, the user who has this NFT will be able to change the page. This change, which will be valid for 5 minutes, will be reactivated at the end of the period. will return to its original state.
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By the way, Wikipedia actually a dead project It should be noted that it has been re-enacted. Wales originally tried to set up a peer-reviewed online encyclopedia. This encyclopedia, called “Nupedia”, is due to the long time it takes to approve regulations. did not reach the desired stage. Larry Sanger, who stepped in at this stage, came up with the idea of collaborating on pages. That idea gave birth to Wikipedia.
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https://www.sozcu.com.tr/2021/teknoloji/wikipedianin-ilk-icerigi-nft-olarak-acik-artirmaya-cikiyor-6813200/