Jack Dorsey’s first tweet sold for over $2.9 million

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has sold his first tweet as an NFT for the weirdly specific figure of $2,915,835.47. 

Jack put the tweet up for digital auction as an NFT (non-fungible token), a digital good that lives on the Ethereum blockchain, on March 5th. Bids were handled on a platform called Valuables by Cent that lets people make offers on tweets that are autographed by their original creators. 

 

just setting up my twttr

— jack (@jack) March 21, 2006 

 

Ending this March 21st

Will immediately convert proceeds to #Bitcoin

And send to @GiveDirectly Africa Response

— jack (@jack) March 9, 2021 

 

 According to the time stamp on Cent, Estavi made his final, winning bid on Monday afternoon, and according to Reuters, paid using the Ether cryptocurrency in the amount of 1630.5825601 ETH. Estavi, CEO of blockchain company Bridge Oracle, told Reuters he was “thankful.” 

Sent to @GiveDirectly Africa fund 🌍Thank you, @sinaEstavi. pic.twitter.com/aEZu07auLV

— jack (@jack) March 22, 2021 

Later Estavi thanked Jack in a tweet reply.  

Hey @jack , thank you for accepting my offer, and I'm glad this money is being donated to charity...

Let's #Bridge to freedom

— Estavi (@sinaEstavi) March 22, 2021 

Auction winners on Cent get a digital certificate of the tweet with their purchase, which is “unique because it has been signed and verified by the creator.” Dorsey receives 95 percent of the sale price, and Cent gets 5 percent, according to its FAQ. 

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