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“#Wikipedia creator’s computer and NFT auctioned for almost $1 mn<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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An NFT memorializing Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales’s first edit on the online reference resource 20 years ago and the computer he used when programming the platform sold for a total of almost $1 million at auction Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Christie’s sold the NFT\u2014Non-Fungible Tokens that are unique digital objects and confer ownership through blockchain technology<\/a>\u2014for $750,000 and the Strawberry iMac for $187,500.<\/p>\n

The NFT is of Wikipedia’s debut onscreen image when Wales posted the first words, “Hello world.”<\/p>\n

The Strawberry iMac was the personal computer he “used for development and research at the time of the website’s launch on January 15, 2001,” Christie’s said.<\/p>\n

The NFT, presented in JPEG format, is interactive, with the buyer able to edit the page, “which can be reset with a timer to revert to its original state,” according to Christie’s.<\/p>\n

Part of the proceeds from the sales will help fund Wales’s WT.Social project, a “non-toxic alternative” social media<\/a> network that uses an advertising-free model.<\/p>\n

The new darling art form for some collectors and investors, NFTs have become staples of auction houses and the art market.<\/p>\n

An NFT of the World Wide Web’s source code sold in July for $5.4 million at Sotheby’s, while the all-digital work of American artist Beeple drew $69.3 million in March at Christie’s, an NFT record.<\/p>\n

Also on Friday, Christie’s announced the auction of a bulletproof vest worn by rap megastar Kanye West during a party marking the release of his 2021 album “Donda.”\n <\/p>\n\n

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Wikipedia creator’s computer and NFT of first edit up for auction\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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