The personal computer of Jimmy Wales, the founder of the Wikipedia site, when he founded Wikipedia 20 years ago, and the screenshot of the first editing of the site were auctioned as NFT.
Auction house Christie’s, hosting the auction in New York that began on Friday, has announced that Wales’ personal computer, the Strawbeery Imac “At the time the site was launched on January 15, 2001, it was used for development and research” told.
Christie’s expert Peter Klarnet told AFP that Wales’ “Hello World” He stated that the screenshot of the moment he first published the word on Wikipedia was a second NFT work. Christie’s is the recipient of the NFT presented in JPEG format. “can reset with a timer to return to its original format” He stated that he would interact in a way that he could arrange.
Clarinet also added that NFT works are on sale online until December 15th.
A portion of the proceeds from sales will come from Wales using an ad-free model. “non-toxic alternative” will help fund the WT.Social project, the social media network.