{"id":348354,"date":"2021-10-05T03:03:59","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T00:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/tweet-mocking-how-little-value-nfts-have-is-turned-into-5k-nft\/"},"modified":"2021-10-05T03:03:59","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T00:03:59","slug":"tweet-mocking-how-little-value-nfts-have-is-turned-into-5k-nft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tweet-mocking-how-little-value-nfts-have-is-turned-into-5k-nft\/","title":{"rendered":"# Tweet mocking how little value NFTs have &#8230; is turned into $5K NFT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong># Tweet mocking how little value NFTs have &#8230; is turned into $5K NFT <\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjEtMTAvMWI2OGY0ZDUtZTgwNi00OTYxLTkyYjItMzIyZjQzNzUxNjM0LmpwZw==.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-128018ef><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> user Lauren Walker tweeted a message claiming she was \u201cstealing\u201d nonfungible tokens, only to have crypto-Twitter turn around and mint her words into a token listing for thousands of dollars.<\/p>\n<p>In an Oct. 2 post on Twitter, Walker mockingly <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ActNormalOrElse\/status\/1444405988413554691\">said<\/a> her current collection of nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, was valued at more than $8 trillion given that she claimed she has right-clicked on the images and saved them to her drive. The message ignores the verifiable scarcity underpinning tokenizing images and artwork, but Walker said she had \u201ca real job\u201d and dismissed criticism from the community.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">i have stolen over 4 terabytes of NFTs via the little known hacker technique known as &#8220;right click -&gt; save as&#8221;. my collection has a net estimated value of over 8 trillion dollars<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 lauren (reformed arc) (@ActNormalOrElse) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ActNormalOrElse\/status\/1444405988413554691?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>In response, at least two crypto users have taken screenshots of Walker\u2019s message and replies, minted them as NFTs, and listed them for auction on the OpenSea marketplace. Bidding for one from user CaptainFantastic under the name \u201chave fun staying poor\u201d is <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/opensea.io\/assets\/0x495f947276749ce646f68ac8c248420045cb7b5e\/2041231051994607217150350843327645559051847597156717502050552543282890539009\">currently<\/a> up to 1.5 Ether (ETH), or roughly $5,100 at the time of publication. Another from user Clown World NFT <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/opensea.io\/assets\/matic\/0x2953399124f0cbb46d2cbacd8a89cf0599974963\/107165511233952956648570489031343813376323792140148525109350502704812470042625\">has<\/a> yet to receive any bids. <\/p>\n<p>The thrust of Walker\u2019s argument is seemingly understandable to someone without a working knowledge of NFTs, in that tokenizing the image makes it unique and essentially gives it value for someone willing to assign it value in a way an ordinary JPG or GIF never can. Last month, a YouTuber traded a fully functional Tesla Roadster for a single NFT estimated to be worth $100,000. Digital artist Mike Winkelmann, also known as Beeple, famously sold one of his pieces as an NFT for $69 million in March.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI get so pumped by these type of reactions,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/travellintoddy\/status\/1444444311769149440\">said<\/a> Twitter user <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>lintoddy in response to Walker\u2019s tweet. \u201cIt shows that the NFT community are so early. It&#8217;s like piling on social media in 2003 because why wouldn&#8217;t you just go see your friends rather than online.\u201d\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Others including user Sergey Pshenichkin <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SergeyPsh\/status\/1444462868712337410\">compared<\/a> Walker\u2019s argument to the fine art world:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;This is basically the same as making a joke that you stole the Mona Lisa by taking a photograph of it.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><em>Related: <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>NFT \u2018art revolution\u2019: Beeple on his 5,040-day labor of love<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Though there is certainly money to be made in the NFT market, it is seemingly subject to the same type of volatility seen in cryptocurrency prices. Data from Dune Analytics <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dune.xyz\/queries\/122440\/244221\">shows<\/a> the daily OpenSea trading volume was more than 34,070 ETH on Oct. 3, and mainstream companies including Visa have even invested in NFT collectibles like CryptoPunks.<\/p>\n<p><template data-name=\"subscription_form\" data-type=\"markets_outlook\"><\/template><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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