(Reuters) – “just set up my twttr” – the first tweet on the platform is for sale after Twitter boss Jack Dorsey listed his famous post as a unique digital signature on a website for selling tweets as non-fungible tokens ).
The post, sent from Dorsey’s account in March 2006, received bids on Friday that reached $ 88,888.88 within minutes of the Twitter co-founder posting a link to a listing on “Valuables by Cent” on Twitter – a market for tweets .
Old tweet offers suggest it went on sale in December, but the listing gained more attention after Dorsey’s tweet on Friday.
NFTs are digital files that serve as digital signatures to certify who owns photos, videos, and other online media.
Dorsey’s 15-year tweet is one of the most famous tweets on the platform and could entice bidders to pay a high price for digital memorabilia. The highest bid for the tweet rose to $ 100,000 on Saturday at 0125 GMT.
Launched three months ago, Valuables compares buying tweets to buying an autographed baseball card. “There’s only one signed version of the tweet, and if the creator agrees to sell, you can own it forever.”
The buyer of a tweet will receive an autographed digital certificate, signed using cryptography, which will include metadata of the original tweet, according to the Valuables website. The tweet will continue to be available on Twitter.
Ismail Shakil’s report in Bengaluru; Mount by Simon Cameron-Moore