World Wide Web Code NFT Sells for $5.4 M. at Sotheby’s Auction

On Wednesday, Sotheby’s auctioned an NFT version of the original source code used to build the World Wide Web for $5.4 million with buyer’s premium. Proceeds from the sale are benefitting unspecified causes supported by British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee, who wrote the code, and his wife Rosemary Leith.
With bidding starting at $1,000, a total of 51 collectors competed for the NFT during a sale titled “This Changed Everything.” The winning bid was place around 10