{"id":275243,"date":"2021-06-15T19:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/sothebys-will-auction-world-wide-web-source-code-as-nft\/"},"modified":"2021-06-15T19:15:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T16:15:00","slug":"sothebys-will-auction-world-wide-web-source-code-as-nft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sothebys-will-auction-world-wide-web-source-code-as-nft\/","title":{"rendered":"# Sotheby’s will auction World Wide Web source code as NFT"},"content":{"rendered":"

“# Sotheby’s will auction World Wide Web source code as NFT <\/strong>”<\/p>\n

British computer scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who developed the original source code for the World Wide Web, is making the data part of a nonfungible token through luxury auction house Sotheby\u2019s.<\/p>\n

According to a Tuesday announcement from Sotheby\u2019s, the auction house will be putting<\/a> up the World Wide Web nonfungible token, or NFT, for bids starting on June 23. Bidding for the NFT, named \u201cThis Changed Everything\u201d and containing timestamped documentation of the code, will start at $1,000.<\/p>\n

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Preview of “This Changed Everything” NFT. Source: Sotheby’s\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

First created in 1989 before there were web browsers, Amazon, or even shareable memes, the roughly 10,000 lines of code \u2014 written using Python \u2014 includes implementations of HTML, or Hypertext Markup Language, HTTP, or Hypertext Transfer Protocol, and URIs, or Uniform Resource Identifiers, languages and protocols. The computer scientist has also included a letter explaining how he created the code and his signature.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cNFTs, be they artworks or a digital artefact like this, are the latest playful creations in [the realm of technological transformation], and the most app<\/a>ropriate means of ownership that exists,\u201d said Berners-Lee. \u201cThey are the ideal way to package the origins behind the web.\u201d<\/p>\n

Berners-Lee never patented the WWW source code, choosing instead to make it free for all. Perhaps as a result, current estimates put the computer scientist\u2019s net worth at roughly $10 million, rather than potentially in the trillions or quadrillions. According to Sotheby’s, all the proceeds for the NFT sale will benefit initiatives that Berners-Lee and his wife support.<\/p>\n

Related: <\/em><\/strong>Sotheby’s auction sets new world record for $11.8M CryptoPunk sale<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Sotheby\u2019s is seemingly becoming more well known for high-profile NFT auctions. In March, the auction house announced it would be offering tokenized art by a creator known as Pak. Last week, its London salesroom sold a CryptoPunk for $11.8 million, reportedly a world record for the type of artwork. <\/p>\n