Until a few days ago we learned that the GIF Nyan Cat had been auctioned reaching the amount of half a million dollars, today what will go through the hammer is the first tweet from Jack Dorsey, the creator of the social network.
The CEO of Twitter shared a few days ago a link from the Valuables platform, where his tweet from March 21, 2006 that said ‘just setting up my twttr’ –’I just configured my twttr’- was put up for sale.
Days later there was already an extremely high offer from Sina Estavi, CEO of Bridge Oracle, which offered $ 2.5 million.
This might not be the last offer this unusual ‘item’ receives, as the auction will end until March 21, when Dorsey will immediately convert the proceeds into bitcoins and donate them to the fund. Africa Response de Give Directly.
The tweet’s NFT – Intangible Digital Assets – auction comes amid a surge in the popularity of crypto collectibles. Ownership of these assets is recorded on a blockchain, a ledger similar to bitcoin and other cryptocurrency networks.
However, a person cannot exchange one NFT for another as you would with dollars or other assets, each NFT is unique and acts as a collector’s item that cannot be duplicated.
Dorsey has been an advocate for the use of bitcoins, in fact last month he announced that he was partnering with rapper Jay-Z to establish an endowment fund to finance the development of the digital currency, initially in Africa and India.
His digital payments company Square also bought approximately 3,318 bitcoins at the end of February, expanding his October 2020 purchase from 4,709.
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