Berners-Lee NFT Sells for $5.4M at Sotheby’s
Tim Berners-Lee, the British computer scientist and inventor of the World Wide Web, put some source code up for auction as a non-fungible token (NFT) earlier this month.
Someone bought it for $5.4 million.
Sotheby’s announced Wednesday that the NFT attracted a total of 51 bids. A Sotheby’s spokesperson told CoinDesk the buyer is anonymous. “At this time we can’t confirm if they will pay in fiat or crypto,” they said.
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Proceeds from the sale will go toward charitable initiatives supported by the Berners-Lee family, Sotheby’s said.
UPDATE (June 30, 19:48 UTC): Adds comment from a Sotheby’s spokesperson.
