(Reuters) – “I just set up my twttr” – the very first tweet on the platform is up for sale after Twitter boss Jack Dorsey listed his famous post as a unique digital signature on a website for selling tweets as non-replaceable tokens (NFTs)).
The message, sent from Dorsey’s account in March 2006, received offers of up to $ 88,888.88 Friday after the Twitter co-founder tweeted a link to the listing on “ Valuables by Cent ” – a tweets marketplace.
Old offers for the tweet suggest it went on sale in December, but the offer received 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 hefty price for the digital memorabilia. The highest bid for the tweet was $ 100,000 on Saturday at 0125 GMT.
Launched three months ago, Valuables compares buying tweets to buying a signed baseball card. “There is only one uniquely signed version of the tweet, and if the creator agrees to sell it, you can own it forever.”
The buyer of a tweet will be given a signed digital certificate, signed with cryptography, which will contain metadata from the original tweet, according to the Valuables website. The tweet will remain available on the Twitter website.
Reporting by Ismail Shakil in Bengaluru; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore