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The Code That Built the Web Is Now a $5 Million NFT: The author of the code that built the WWW will donate the proceeds to charity. But the auction raises ...
wired.com/story/www-code-nft-tim-berners-lee-auction/

Tim Berners-Lee sells World Wide Web source code NFT for $5.4 million: For a cool $5.4 million, the source code for the World Wide Web 1990-1991 has a new owner.
zdnet.com/article/tim-berners-lee-world-wide-web-source-code-sells-for-5-4-million-via-nft/

Original Code Of World Wide Web Auctioned As NFT For $5.4 Million: The original source code of the internet (well, technically the world wide web) has been sold ...
indiatimes.com/technology/news/original-code-world-wide-web-nft-auction-543973.html

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Web creator Tim Berners-Lee's NFT of the original source code sold for $5.4 million at auction
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Paid articlePaywallThe World Wide Web source code NFT has been sold for $5.4M: Considering all the craze in the NFT world, it was safe to assume that the initial $1000 bid for the ...
techspot.com/news/90269-world-wide-web-source-code-nft-has-sold.html

Sir Tim Berners-Lee Sells Original Web Source Code NFT for $5.4M: The World Wide Web inventor auctioned off a piece of tech history.
pcmag.com/news/sir-tim-berners-lee-sells-original-web-source-code-nft-for-54m

World Wide Web source code NFT sells for $5.4 million at Sotheby's: LONDON — A blockchain-based token representing the original source code for the World Wide ...
nationalpost.com/pmn/entertainment-pmn/world-wide-web-source-code-nft-sells-for-5-4-million-at-sothebys-2

The World Wide Web sells for $5.4 million: Bidding began at $1,000, and bidders had a week to name their highest price in the auction ...
indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/the-world-wide-web-sells-for-5-4-million-7384400/

Tim Berners-Lee’s world wide web source code NFT sells for $5.4 million: An NFT is a form of a crypto asset that shows ownership for a digital object such as a ...
thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/tim-berners-lees-world-wide-web-source-code-nft-sells-for-54-million/article35073562.ece

An NFT of the World Wide Web Source Code Sold for $5.4 Million: Computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee wrote the 9,555 lines of code in the early 1990s.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-30/an-nft-of-the-world-wide-web-source-code-sold-for-5-4-million

WWW source code auctioned for over $ 5 million as NFT: Business Punk Magazine
business-punk.com/2021/07/www-quellcode-fuer-ueber-5-millionen-dollar-als-nft-versteigert/

World Wide Web source code NFT sold at auction for $5.4m: Inventor Tim Berners-Lee and his wife will distribute the funds to charitable causes.
hexus.net/business/news/internet/148046-world-wide-web-source-code-nft-sold-auction-54m/

NFT of the World Wide Web's source code sells for $5.4 million: They're still in fashion, it seems.
mashable.com/article/www-nft-sold-5-4-million

Tim Berners-Lee’s NFT of World Wide Web source code sold for $5.4 million: The source code for the World Wide Web by Tim Berners-Lee has sold for $5 ...
wionews.com/world/tim-berners-lees-nft-of-world-wide-web-source-code-sold-for-54-million-395074

World Wide Web source code NFT sells for US$5.4 million at Sotheby's: LONDON — A blockchain-based token representing the original source code for the World Wide ...
torontosun.com/news/world/world-wide-web-source-code-nft-sells-for-us5-4-million-at-sothebys

Tim Berners-Lee’s NFT of world wide web source code sold for $5.4m: Crypto asset represents ownership of various digital items from when Berners-Lee invented the ...
theguardian.com/technology/2021/jun/30/world-wide-web-nft-sold

World Wide Web source code NFT sells for $ 5.4 million at Sotheby’s: LONDON - A blockchain-based token representing the original source code for the World Wide ...
technology.inquirer.net/110594/world-wide-web-source-code-nft-sells-for-5-4-million-at-sothebys

Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s web source code NFT sells for $5.4 million: A token containing time-stamped files including source code written to render the web in 1991 ...
theverge.com/2021/6/30/22557765/www-nft-tim-berners-lee-sothebys-source-code

World Wide Web source code NFT sells for $5.4 million at Sotheby's: A blockchain-based token representing the original source code for the World Wide Web written ...
nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/world-wide-web-source-code-nft-sells-54-million-sothebys-rcna1310

NFT: WWW program code auctioned for $ 5.4 million: Tim Berners-Lee wrote the WWW program code more than 30 years ago. Now the software has been auctioned as a ...
handelsblatt.com/finanzen/anlagestrategie/trends/non-fungible-token-original-programmcode-des-world-wide-web-fuer-5-4-millionen-dollar-versteigert/27380482.html

Paid articlePaywallWorld Wide Web source code NFT sells for $5.4 million at Sotheby's: A blockchain-based token representing the original source code for the World Wide Web written ...
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A fart as an NFT: The 6 stupidest crypto auctions: While some see NFT as an exciting way to trade digital files, others can't help but get caught up in the ...
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The World Wide Web turns 30: Thirty years ago, the internet was made available to the public for the very first time. Little behind the technology has changed ...
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- Three decades ago, the public gained access to the World Wide Web.
- Tim Berners-Lee persuaded CERN to release the web without patents.
- The web has revolutionized communication, work, and privacy.
- Berners-Lee aims to preserve the neutrality of the web.
Crypto Is ‘Dangerous,’ Warns Web Inventor Tim Berners-Lee. Bitcoin Bears Gather.: “It’s only speculative. Obviously, that’s really dangerous,” the computer ...
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Paid articlePaywallThe inventor of the web thinks everyone will have their own personal A.I. assistants like ChatGPT
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WWW founder: Tim Berners-Lee calls for ignoring Web3 - Golem.de: The founder of the World Wide Web wants nothing to do with the currently discussed Web3 ...
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Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee: Screw Web3 — my decentralized internet doesn't need blockchain
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An NFT of the World Wide Web Source Code Sold for $5.4 Million: Computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee wrote the 9,555 lines of code in the early 1990s.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-30/an-nft-of-the-world-wide-web-source-code-sold-for-5-4-million

Tim Berners-Lee defends auction of NFT representing web’s source code: Creator of the world wide web says digital asset is ‘totally aligned with the values of ...
theguardian.com/technology/2021/jun/23/tim-berners-lee-defends-auction-nft-web-source-code

Tim Berners-Lee defends auctioning NFT of web's original source code as bids reach $2.2 million
techspot.com/news/90183-tim-berners-lee-defends-auctioning-nft-web-original.html

Sir Tim Berners-Lee is selling the first web browser’s code as an NFT: The inventor of the World Wide Web is taking advantage of the latest of the internet’s ...
theverge.com/2021/6/15/22535479/tim-berners-lee-nft-worldwideweb-source-code-auction

The source code of the World Wide Web is to be sold as NFT.: Sotheby's is auctioning the source code of the World Wide Web. What's next?
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Sotheby's is auctioning Tim Berners-Lee's WWW source codes as NFT: The hype about NFTs seems to have ebbed again, but the US auction house has something else: ...
heise.de/news/Sotheby-s-versteigert-WWW-Quellcodes-von-Tim-Berners-Lee-als-NFT-6072010.html
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