The news of the sale of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey yesterday sparked the rights to the first tweet on the company's website for an amount of more than $ 2.9 million, in the form of a non-fungible token token, reactions that mix between surprise and surprise through Social media platforms.
Dorsey posted the first tweet he wrote on Twitter 15 years ago for digital auction as a token that is not exchangeable, before the code was sold through an auction on a platform called Valuables of Cent in the United States.
Hey @jack, thank you for accepting my offer, and I'm glad this money is being donated to charity…
Let's #Bridge to freedom
- Estavi (@sinaEstavi) March 22, 2021
Sina Estavey, CEO of a blockchain technology company called Bridge Oracle, won the bid to claim the rights to tweet after he made the largest bid.
The first tweet on Twitter (networking sites)
Drusi previously said he would convert the money into Bitcoin and donate it to a non-profit organization working in East Africa with the goal of helping the poor called GiveDirectly before he tweeted yesterday his receipt.
jack accepted the offer from sinaEstavi for $ 2915835.47
This tweet is now minted on the blockchain đź”—https: //t.co/YiznRagyBPhttps: //t.co/ChR3I6HylP
- Valuables Marketplace (@Valuables) March 22, 2021
The matter raised some commentators on social media, with the large amount of money for which the tweet was sold.
The new buyer of the tweet replied that, "after years, people will realize the real value behind that tweet, like the Mona Lisa."
Others have expressed astonishment at the idea of ​​selling the rights to tweets.
This is not just a tweet!
I think years later people will realize the true value of this tweet, like the Mona Lisa painting https://t.co/vnA5pz3esQ
- Estavi (@sinaEstavi) March 22, 2021