The first revision on Wikipedia is sold as an NFT at Christie’s auction for $ 2,400

Jimmy Wales, co-founder of the Wikipedia online encyclopedia, sells it first edit in the form of a non-fungible token at Christie's auction.

On Saturday morning, December 4, the lot price was $ 600. A day later, the cost increased by only $ 100. However, already now (December 6, 11:56) you can buy the first edit on Wikipedia in the form of NFT for $ 2,400. The auction will last nine more days, and the proceeds will be spent on the development of social WT.Social and charity.

The first edit displays the phrase Hello, World! On the main page of the encyclopedia! The winner of the auction will enter into a smart contract and gain control over the page, database files and scripts. Users will be able to make edits and edit content, but after 5 minutes, all changes will be rolled back automatically.

A source: Christies's