"Change the World" World Wide Web source code will be auctioned in the form of NFT, starting at $1,000

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, one of the designers of the World Wide Web, is selling the source code of the World Wide Web as an NFT. Berners-Lee, a British computer scientist, invented the World Wide Web in 1989 and wrote the code for the first web browser a year later. His invention led to the development of universal websites in the 1990s, which made possible the use of the modern Internet as we now know it.

This time, the auction house named "This Changed Everything." by Sotheby's included not only the code of the web browser with the date and time stamp, but also a letter from Berners-Lee himself, which can be printed as The poster’s vector file, and a 30-minute silent video, describe the process of typing out the code.

The auction code contains network elements familiar to many of us today, including 9,555 lines of code, including the implementation of three languages and protocols invented by Berners-Lee: HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) ) And URI (Uniform Resource Identifier).

Berners-Lee said: "Thirty years ago, I created something that later became a powerful tool for mankind with the help of a large number of collaborators all over the world. He also emphasized that he believes that the value of NFT is the best available. The right way of ownership...they are the ideal way of originating behind the packaging network".

Berners-Lee seems to think that NFT is the natural companion of code-in the press release, he said that NFT is the "newest game creation" on the Internet and the "ideal way of packaging the origin behind the network." In an interview with the Financial Times, he compared NFT to a signed book, which made me imagine how cool the project would be if he put the code on a signed magneto-optical disk for auction, and The NeXT computer he used to write the code will also use this magneto-optical disk.

According to a press release from Sotheby’s Auction House, the auction proceeds will be used for a cause supported by Berners-Lee and his wife.

When the auction starts on June 23, the auction will start at $1,000. The funds raised will be used to support activities supported by Berners-Lee. For more information, please check Sotheby's website .