NFT of the World Wide Web’s original source code just sold for $5.43 million

CNBC Television published this video item, entitled “NFT of the World Wide Web’s original source code just sold for $5.43 million” – below is their description.

Tim Berners-Lee, the British computer scientist who invented the World Wide Web, just sold a non-fungible token of his original source code for $5.43 million at Sotheby’s. Bidding started at $1,000 and began on June 22. The auction closed today at 7pm London time.

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