Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the British computer scientist that invented the World Wide Web in 1989, is siphoned away from the first source code within a NFT (Non Fungible Token) in Sotheby’s.
This is going to be the very first digital-born artefact to return to auction in Sotheby’s.
The purchase will proceed on from June 23 to June 30, with bidding beginning at $1,000.
Back in 1989, British computer scientist @timberners_lee devised the World Wide Web at a moment which altered the worl…
https://t.co/aJFcyZHLPo— Sotheby’s (@Sothebys) 1623755032000As each Sotheby’s, the NFT consists of four components:”The first time-stamped documents containing the source code composed by Sir Tim; a animated visualization of this code; a letter composed by Sir Tim symbolizing about the code and also the practice of making it as well as an electronic”poster” of the complete code made by Sir Tim in the first documents using Python containing a picture of his signature; each of digitally signed” There are roughly 9,555 lines of code inside the documents referenced with the NFT.
The code addresses the practice of implementing the 3 protocols and languages formulated by Sir Lee, that have been HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), HTTP (Hypertext Transport Protocol) and URIs (Uniform Resource Identifiers).
Why promote it as an NFT? He’s got an answer for it.
“Why an NFT? Well, it is a wise thing to do as if you are a computer scientist also should you write code and have been for several decades.
It seems right to sign my autograph on an entirely electronic artefact.” The cash from the sale could enter the initiatives Sir Tim and Lady Berners-Lee support.