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The
post, sent from Dorsey's account in March of 2006, received
offers on Friday that went as high as $88,888.88 within minutes
of the Twitter co-founder tweeting a link to the listing on
'Valuables by Cent' - a tweets marketplace.
Old offers for the tweet suggest that it was put for sale in
December, but the listing gained more attention after Dorsey's
tweet on Friday.
NFTs are digital files that serve as digital signatures to
certify who owns photos, videos and other online media.
Dorsey's 15-year old tweet is one of the most famous tweets ever
on the platform and could attract bidders to pay a high price
for the digital memorabilia. The highest bid for the tweet stood
at $100,000 at 0125 GMT on Saturday.
Launched three months ago, Valuables compares the buying of
tweets with buying an autographed baseball card. "There is only
one unique signed version of the tweet, and if the creator
agrees to sell, you can own it forever."
A tweet's buyer will get an autographed digital certificate,
signed using cryptography, that will include metadata of the
original tweet, according to the Valuables website. The tweet
will continue to be available on the Twitter website.
(Reporting by Ismail Shakil in Bengaluru; Editing by Simon
Cameron-Moore)
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