{"id":275348,"date":"2021-06-15T20:57:35","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T17:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/webs-daddy-jumps-aboard-nft-hype-train-but-is-he-already-too-late\/"},"modified":"2021-06-15T20:57:35","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T17:57:35","slug":"webs-daddy-jumps-aboard-nft-hype-train-but-is-he-already-too-late","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/webs-daddy-jumps-aboard-nft-hype-train-but-is-he-already-too-late\/","title":{"rendered":"#Web\u2019s daddy jumps aboard NFT hype train \u2014 but is he already too late?"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Web\u2019s daddy jumps aboard NFT hype train \u2014 but is he already too late?<\/strong>”
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The NFT bandwagon attracts a curious mix of passengers, from celebrity robots to\u00a0convicted animal abusers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The latest luminary to grab a ticket is British inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who\u2019s auctioning off his original source code for the web as a non-fungible token.<\/p>\n

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For those of you lucky enough to have missed the hype train, NFTs are unique digital tokens secured by blockchain tech.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re used to authenticate claims of ownership to digital and physical assets that can be sold or traded, such as\u00a0digital artworks. The strange part (to me, at least), is they\u2019re often\u00a0verifying ownership of works that can\u00a0be screengrabbed or download<\/a>ed in seconds.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve nonetheless helped sellers rake in fortunes for their digital collectables \u2014 and Berners-Lee<\/span> will hope to join them.<\/p>\n

The NFT he\u2019s auctioning includes his original time-stamped files for the WorldWideWeb browser; an animation of the code being written, a letter by\u00a0Berners-Lee<\/span> about his creation; and a digital poster of the code.<\/p>\n