(Reuters) – “Just setting up my twttr”: The platform’s first tweet is on sale after Twitter chief Jack Dorsey listed his famous message as a unique digital signature on a website to sell tweets like to non-expendable tokens (NFT)).
The message, sent from Dorsey’s account in March 2006, received bids on Friday that reached $ 88,888.88 in just minutes after the Twitter co-founder sent a link to the list of “Valuables by Cent,” a marketplace. of tweets.
Old tweet deals suggest it was sold in December, but the listing gained more attention after Dorsey’s tweet on Friday.
NFTs are digital files that serve as a digital signature to certify who owns photos, videos, and other online media.
Dorsey’s 15-year-old tweet is one of the platform’s most famous tweets and could entice bidders to pay a high price for memorable digital objects. On Saturday, the highest bid for the tweet was $ 100,000 at 0125 GMT.
Launched three months ago, Valuables compares the purchase of tweets to the purchase of an autographed baseball card. “There is only a single signed version of the tweet, and if the creator agrees to sell, you can own it forever.”
According to the Valuables website, the buyer of a tweet will obtain an autographed digital certificate, signed using encryption, which will include metadata from the original tweet. The tweet will continue to be available on the Twitter website.
Report by Ismail Shakil in Bengaluru; Edited by Simon Cameron-Moore