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An article from 'The New York Times', sold for 478,573 euros

2021-03-26T13:22:46.611Z


The acquisition of a column on technology is the latest example of the new digital craze, non-fungible 'tokens'


The technology columnist of

The New York Times,

Kevin Roose, wanted this Wednesday to do an experiment and sell his column on the internet: "Buy this column on

blockchain

!"

The auction has ended 24 hours later and has reached a price of 350 ethers (a digital currency), which at the exchange rate is 478,573 euros.

Roose was the first surprised while following the auction on his Twitter account.

A few minutes before closing, the amount was much less.

We have a winner!

The NFT version of this column has sold for 350 ETH, or about $ 560,000, with proceeds going to the NYT's Neediest Cases Fund.

https://t.co/gzbcw6Ymw7

- Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) March 25, 2021

Christie's sold a digital artwork a few days ago for $ 69 million.

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey sold his first tweet for 2.9 million.

How can something digital become unique?

The GIF, column, tweet, or meme is stamped with a unique digital signature that is preserved on a blockchain.

That snippet of code can be bought and sold and the property is registered.

Non-fungible means that it cannot be exchanged the same as a dollar, for example.

All dollars are worth the same: you can exchange one for another and do not lose value.

Instead, a

non-fungible

token

(NFT) is more of a single, original copy.

Ultimately, it becomes an asset, like a painting, that can be bought and sold.

Roose considered the exercise when he saw how others were playing with this new digital fad.

In his article he quotes NBA dunks, music groups like Kings of Leon, illustrations of the Simpsons or Pepe the frog: “As I watched these treasures go from hand to hand, I thought: why can celebrities, athletes and artists have fun? ?

Why can't a journalist join the NFT party? "

He did so.

He announced that the benefits would go to a foundation that has its newspaper: the Fund for the Most Needy Cases.

As a journalist for

The New York Times,

and just like musicians give away tickets to a concert with their NFTs, Roose offered other benefits that he had to negotiate are his bosses and the newspaper's lawyers: the buyer will have as a unique collector's item the column in PNG format, but not the rights for its reproduction;

In a following article, Roose will talk about the buyer and put his photo, although the newspaper reserves the right not to do so if it is a joke or something that does not fit its editorial standards, and finally it will have a congratulatory audio made by Michael Barbaro, the famous and very particular voice of

The Daily

newspaper

podcast

.

The New York Times

was not the first outlet to test the new fashions: Quartz and the Associated Press agency have also launched their own projects.

Although anything can be sold as NFT, the impact and importance will be a value: it is not the same to sell just any tweet than the tweet that triggered a controversy.

Or an impact news.

This is how Roose made his offer in the column: “The greatest benefit of all will be, of course, owning a piece of history.

This is the first article in the nearly 170-year history of the New York Times to be distributed as NFT, and if this technology turns out to be as shocking as its fans anticipate, having it will be like owning the first NBC television broadcast or first address. AOL email address ”.

Roose gives his ideas, although it remains to be seen if this technology will catch on at that level.

Source: elparis

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