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‘Charlie bit my finger!’ it’s the latest viral phenomenon from the 2000s to be auctioned as NFT, but with an interesting twist. Once it is sold to the highest bidder, its creators will remove the original video from YouTube.
‘Charlie bit my finger – again!’ is a home recording of two babies named Harry and Charlie that became the most viewed video on YouTube in 2009, two and a half years after it was uploaded to the platform by the father of the babies. Whether it was Harry’s strong British accent or Charlie’s infectious laugh after biting his brother’s finger, the video went brutally viral and led to countless skits.
Now the web charliebitme.com is announcing that the 56-second video will be auctioned as an NFT on the 14th anniversary of its release on May 22. The buyer of the NFT will somehow own the entire video and will have the opportunity to record their own parody with Harry and Charlie. Also, the video will be removed from YouTube forever. The original, it is understood, since an NFT does not prevent copies from being created.
A NFT uses the same blockchain technology as cryptocurrencies, with the difference that each token is unique. Having one bitcoin is the same as having any other bitcoin, but there is only one holder of a given NFT. This allows illustrators, musicians and any artist in general to auction digital files such as an image, a video or an animated GIF. Although that file can be copied infinitely many times, there is only one associated with the original token. In this way, there will only be one buyer of ‘Charlie bit my finger!’, Who can then resell it and transfer ownership.
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