Sir Tim Berners-Lee, credited with inventing the Internet, will be auctioning off the historical 30-year-old source code of the world wide web in the form of a non-fungible token (NFT) created on the Ethereum blockchain.
Sotheby’s announced it would launch the auction on June 23, for one week, with bidding starting at $1,000. The proceeds from the sale will be donated to initiatives supported by Berners-Lee and his wife, Rosemary Leith, via the World Wide Web Foundation.
In 1989, British computer scientist @timberners_lee invented the World Wide Web in a moment that changed the world forever. Now, Sir Tim will offer the source code for the Web as an NFT in a historic one-off sale. Thread below (1/4)#ThisChangedEverything pic.twitter.com/nYvBFrz0Zr
— Sotheby’s (@Sothebys) June 15, 2021
“Three decades ago, I created something which, with the subsequent help of a huge number of collaborators across the world, has been a powerful tool for humanity,” said Berners-Lee.
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