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A blockchain-based token carrying Tim Berners-Lee’s source code for the World Wide Web sold for $5.4 million in an online auction organized by Sotheby’s.
The supply code for the World Wide Web has been bought by the inventor for $5.4 million. The inventor of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has bought an NFT of the net’s supply code for $5.4 million at high quality artwork public sale home Sotheby’s. The piece titled ‘This Changed Everything’ features a […]
By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) - A blockchain-based token representing the original source code for the World Wide Web written by its inventor...
TL;DR Breakdown • The World Wide Web founder, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, is selling the source code as NFT.• Buyer will receive a graphic of Berners-Lee’s physical signature and a digital poster containing 9,555 lines. The sale will be in charge of the auction house Sotheby’s, and to date, the bidding has reached $2.8 million. The […]
We all know HTTP Error 404 – the standard browser response when a file cannot be found. But have you heard of Error 402 – Payment Required? Built into every Mozilla-based browser, it is an archaeological artefact of the internet we might have had: browser-based micropayments. Many of the early networking and internet pioneers, from …
World-famous auction house Sotheby’s has announced its most recent sale to incorporate cryptocurrency. Bids for a 101.38-carat diamond named “The Key 10138” will be accepted in cryptocurrency.