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NFT auction "Charlie bit my finger - again": Viral hit should disappear from YouTube

2021-05-25T03:08:35.494Z


"Charlie bit my finger - again" is one of the most popular web videos. The auction of the so-called NFT now brings a family 622,000 euros. So the days of the original video are numbered.


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Scene from "Charlie bit my finger - again": The clip is barely a minute long

Photo: youtube / HDCYT

At some point did you post something that went viral?

Then now would be the right time to sell it as a so-called “Non-Fungible Token”, or NFT for short.

In any case, this is the impression given by various reports from the past few weeks.

For example, the family of Zoe Roth, known as the girl from the "Disaster Girl" meme, earned around 340,000 euros by selling the original photo as an NFT.

And an NFT auction for the YouTube classic "David after Dentist" brought father and son the equivalent of almost 10,000 euros.

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AreaNFTs, Non-Fungible Tokens expand

Non-Fungible Token (NFT) means something like "non-exchangeable token".

These are one-time certificates of ownership for digital goods.

They are stored in a forgery-proof wallet on a blockchain.

The certificates refer to the respective original file.

Unlike the certificates, however, these are not copy-protected.

The certified files can be reproduced in the same way as any digital file, but only the NFT owners "own" the respective original.

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Ether, or ETH for short, is the name of a cryptocurrency like Bitcoin.

The underlying system with its own blockchain is called Ethereum.

It has existed since 2015.

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A continuously expandable list of cryptographically linked data blocks.

In other words: a decentralized, i.e. distributed over many computers and thus forgery-proof digital cash book.

Expand Smart Contract area

While the Bitcoin blockchain only allows Bitcoin transactions, Ethereum offers the possibility of concluding smart contracts and thus linking transactions to certain conditions.

These are programs that run themselves automatically as soon as the conditions specified in them are met.

You can find out more about it here.

AreaWallet unfold

The English word for wallet is used to describe a device or program that is used to manage cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin or Ether.

The virtual money itself is not stored in it, however, it is in the respective blockchain under the public addresses of the owners.

Wallets only contain the cryptographic keys to access them.

Gas opening area

The English word for fuel expresses the computing power that is required for every operation - for example a transaction or the execution of a smart contract - in Ethereum.

Those who provide this computing power are paid with gas.

You can find out more about it here.

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Like euro pieces, NFTs have to be “minted”.

In this case, that means: The smart contract, in which the creators, properties and sales conditions of an NFT are programmed, is written into the blockchain and thus documented in an unchangeable and publicly viewable manner.

This weekend, an NFT came under the online hammer for another YouTube hit.

“Charlie bit my finger - again” is one of the platform's first big viral hits: the video uploaded in 2007 has been viewed over 880 million times to date, and at times it was the most viewed YouTube video ever.

One child bites the other

The recording could hardly be more banal: Little Charlie bites his older brother Harry on the finger - not just once.

While Harry moans that such a baby bite hurts, Charlie starts laughing.

The clip is from Great Britain.

Originally it was only uploaded to YouTube so that Charlie and Harry's godparents overseas could see the video, explained Howard Davies-Carr, father of the boys, who are now 15 and 17 years old.

The video he recorded is undoubtedly part of internet history.

But how much longer will you be able to watch it online?

Charlie, Harry and their father have announced that they will remove the clip from YouTube after the NFT auction ends.

If the family or the buyer do not make a U-turn, one of the most famous videos is likely to disappear from the network soon.

There is currently a note on the original video with the text "Waiting for the NFT decision".

The video is also marked as “Not Listed”, which means that it can be accessed via a direct link, but cannot be found using YouTube's search function.

The highest bidder is allowed to play in a parody

Meanwhile, Charlie, Harry and their father have promised a new version of the clip: The NFT buyer should be allowed to record a parody with the original stars.

"Play along yourself or let the biggest Charlie bit my finger fan you know do the honors," says the NFT auction website, "and create a hilarious, modern version of the classic clip."

Regardless of whether it will ever appear or not: It is doubtful that such a new edition will even begin to reach the number of views of the original video.

Financially, however, the auction should have paid off for the Davies-Carr family.

The highest bidder with the account name @ 3fmusic pays the equivalent of more than 622,000 euros, according to the auction website.

@ 3fmusic is a well-known name in the NFT scene: the account that is associated with a music production company in Dubai had already spent around 340,000 euros on the »Disaster Girl« NFT and bought other headline-grabbing NFTs.

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Source: spiegel

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