San Francisco : Twitter CEO Jack Dorsi’s first tweet sold 17.37 crores in an auction. He has donated this amount as Bitcoin to an agency in Africa. The tweet has received the status of a valuable digital art in the form of a non-fungible token (NXT).
Dorsey made the tweet on March 6, 2006, writing, ‘Just setting up my Twitter’. It was bought by Sina Estavi, CEO of Bridge Oracle, a tech company.
Dorsey reported that the auction amount was converted to bitcoin and given to an agency called Africa Response for use in Africa. Dorsey’s tweet has received NXT status.
NXTs are digital objects whose authenticity is authenticated through the Ethereum blockchain. This certification is given by the owner of the digital object itself, which is used as a digital certificate.