World Wide Web code that changed the world up for auction as NFT


Berners-Lee said it feels right to 'digitally sign my autograph on a completely digital artefact'. — Reuters

LONDON: The original source code for the World Wide Web that was written by its inventor Tim Berners-Lee is up for sale at Sotheby’s as part of a non-fungible token, with bids starting at just US$1,000 (RM4,117).

Berners-Lee, a London-born computer scientist, invented the World Wide Web in 1989, revolutionising the sharing and creation of information in what is seen as one of the most significant inventions since the printing press appeared in Europe in 15th Century Germany.

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