Wikipedia Auctions First Ever Edit as NFT

• Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales is set to auction off an NFT containing the first edit of the platform in 2001

• The auction will include the strawberry-colored iMac G3 that was used to design the website

• The auction sale will run between Dec. 3 and Dec. 15 this year at Christie’s

Jimmy Wales, one of the co-founders of Wikipedia is auctioning off the site’s first edit a non-fungible token (NFT).

The edit in which Wales wrote “Hello, World!” after establishing the platform on January 15, 2001, will be captured and auctioned at Christie’s.

The NFT’s content can be seen at www.editthisnft.com, which mirrors the content of the page as it was seen on that day.

The digital item will be auctioned alongside the desktop computer that Wales used to create the website: a strawberry-colored iMac G3.

The auction titled “The Birth of Wikipedia” will run from Dec. 3 to Dec. 15.

So far, the iMac has attracted bids of $2,200, while the Wikipedia edit NFT has attracted a bid of $2,400.

Proceeds from this sale will be put towards funding WT.Social, a social network that was founder by Wales.

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Wales is not the first tech founder to list his digital property for sale as NFT. In March, Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey sold his first tweet for $2.9 million.

A non-fungible token (NFT) is a digital piece of art or material that is linked to the blockchain.

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