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World Wide Web Inventor Tim Berners-Lee Sells NFT for $5.4M — ‘Embarrassing’ Coding Error Spotted in NFT

01/07/2021 by Idelto Editor

World Wide Web Inventor Tim Berners-Lee Sells NFT for $5.4M — 'Embarrassing' Coding Error Spotted in NFT

Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee, the English computer scientist who is well known for inventing the world wide web has sold a non-fungible token (NFT) in an online auction hosted by the auction house Sotheby’s. The NFT is basically a video of the World Wide Web’s source code created in Python and the collectible sold for $5.4 million.

Tim Berners-Lee and Sotheby’s Auction NFT for $5.4 Million

This week, Sotheby’s revealed that Tim Berners-Lee sold an NFT of the original source code for the world wide web for a whopping $5.4 million. Before the NFT auction, Berners-Lee told the publication the Guardian: “I’m not selling the web – you won’t have to start paying money to follow links. I’m not even selling the source code. I’m selling a picture that I made, with a Python program that I wrote myself, of what the source code would look like if it was stuck on the wall and signed by me.”

World Wide Web Inventor Tim Berners-Lee Sells NFT for $5.4M — 'Embarrassing' Coding Error Spotted in NFT
Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee, the English computer scientist who invented the world wide web.

Berners-Lee invented the web in 1989 and before the NFT sale he said “The core codes and protocols on the web are royalty-free, just as they always have been.” A representative from Sotheby’s said the non-fungible token collectible art auction was historical and the fact that Berners-Lee verified the NFT makes it even more valuable.

“The symbolism, the history, the fact that they’re coming from the creator is what makes them valuable, and there are lots of people who collect things for exactly those reasons,” Cassandra Hatton, the global head of science and popular culture at Sotheby’s explained in a statement. “We have placed it in a public forum, we have sold it at basically no reserve and we let the market decide what the value is going to be. There have been multiple bidders who have all agreed that it’s valuable.”

Berners-Lee is well respected for his contribution to today’s online advances and in 2018 he announced a project aimed at decentralizing the web. “For all the good we’ve achieved,” Berners-Lee said at the time. “The web has evolved into an engine of inequity and division; swayed by powerful forces who use it for their own agendas,” he added. The inventor of the web had also reported on bitcoin on various occasions during the crypto asset’s earliest years.

Coding Error Spotted – Researcher Says There Have Already Been Discussions of a Misprint Error

Following the Berners-Lee NFT sale, a coding error was spotted in the NFT video that sold for £3.9 million ($5.4 million). The researcher that spotted the error in the video told BBC News it looked like “a simple mistake.” Mikko Hypponen explains that certain symbols were translated into HyperText Markup Language (HTML) and he believes it was an error.

World Wide Web Inventor Tim Berners-Lee Sells NFT for $5.4M — 'Embarrassing' Coding Error Spotted in NFT
The error spotted by the researcher – screenshot taken by BBC News, an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation.

“There have already been discussions about whether this would make the NFT more valuable – like a postage stamp with a misprint error,” Hypponen said.

Moreover, website creator Mark O’Neill told the BBC that “whoever made the video for the website ran the original text file through something that converted it into HTML. It’s embarrassing for Sotheby’s but I trust that nobody has done the same to the original code,” O’Neill added.

The BBC’s report notes that the newsdesk had reached out to Sotheby’s and Tim Berners-Lee for comment.

What do you think about Tim Berners-Lee selling an NFT for $5.4 million with an error? Let us know what you think about this subject in the comments section below.

Filed Under: BBC, Blockchain, English, HTML, Mark O'Neill, Mikko Hypponen, Misprint, News Bitcoin, nft, NFT Auction, NFT auction Sotheby's, NFT Sale, Non-fungible artwork, Non-fungible Token, researcher, Sotheby’s Auctions, Tim Berners-Lee, web, World Wide Web, World Wide Web Inventor, www, WWW inventor

Meet Akari-Pay: The BCH-Powered Website Payment Platform

17/05/2018 by Idelto Editor

Meet Akari-Pay: The BCH-Powered Website Payment Platform

On May 17 the Akari Global Foundation, an organization that aims to promote the increased adoption of Bitcoin Cash (BCH), launched a payment platform for BCH acceptance called Akari-Pay Advanced. The launch of Akari-Pay reveals a one-file BCH payment/donate page that doesn’t require any coding knowledge to utilize the platform.

Also read: Federal Reserve Pres: People Want Dollar, Not Volatile Crypto

Akari Global Foundation Launches Akari-Pay, a One-File Bitcoin Cash Payment/Donate Page

Meet Akari-Pay: The BCH-Powered Website Payment Platform There have been lots of developments happening throughout the BCH community over the past 48 hours since the last upgrade. Now the Akari Global Foundation is helping push BCH adoption to the masses with its new BCH-based payment gateway. Akari says its mission is to help reduce the world’s economic oppression and increase freedom by leveraging the Bitcoin Cash network. Akari believes BCH offers many benefits most other cryptocurrencies cannot such as micropayments, low network fees, immutability, near instant settlement, and no chargebacks. The latest payment platform called Akari-Pay makes it easy for anyone to accept BCH payments or donations with a simple platform that doesn’t require a bunch of technical knowledge.

“‘Akari-Pay Advanced’ for Bitcoin Cash, an extension of akaripay, has now been released,” explains the Akari Global Foundation.

Raise funds for any project or goal using Bitcoin Cash — Simply self-host your donation page on your website — Easily link to it anywhere, use our included ‘donate buttons,’ if you wish.

The Open Source Akari-Pay Is Free and Allows Customizable Themes  

In order to utilize the open source Akari-Pay protocol, users simply follow the instructions via the organization’s Github repository. Akari-Pay allows individuals and businesses to title and run a self-hosted BCH-centric funding page. Users can also specify a short description of why someone would donate or use the hosted BCH payment button. Additionally, Akari-Pay allows the user to set a goal that includes a graph, live updated donation count, and other features. Moreover, individuals and businesses using Akari-Pay can match the branding theme of their organization or nonprofit with customizable themes by simply editing certain text files.

Meet Akari-Pay: The BCH-Powered Website Payment Platform

The Akari Global development team has released the platform as completely free software and the code is open for review. In addition to the latest Akari-Pay version, the team has released a demonstration video on how to use the donation bar, set goals, update totals, and customize a color scheme.  Furthermore, Akari has set up a dev-chat channel in order to help people set up self-hosted BCH donation pages.

The Bitcoin Cash community across social media and forums seems pleased with Akari’s latest launch that allows anyone with a website to add a donation/payment page for free that utilizes the BCH network’s peer-to-peer electronic cash system. The BCH payment button works for mobile phones, laptops, and desktops by simply uploading an HTML file to the desired server. Akari also provides its own HTML files and templates for users to create a payment gateway quickly if they don’t want to customize their payment page.

What do you think about the Akari-Pay Advanced payment gateway? Let us know in the comments below.


Images via Shutterstock, the Akari Global Foundation, and Akari-Pay. 


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Filed Under: Akari Global Foundation, Akari-Pay, BCH, Coding, Custom Theme, Donate Button, English, github, HTML, Merchants, N-Featured, News Bitcoin, Open Source, Payment API, payment gateway, Technical Knowledge, txt file, Websites, Websites API

Many Brits Confuse Cryptocurrency with Something Else

01/04/2018 by Idelto Editor

Many Brits Confuse Cryptocurrency with Something Else, Survey

According to a new poll, many British people have little or no idea what cryptocurrency really is. Terms like “blockchain” sound familiar, but often in completely different contexts. The authors of the study have compiled a “Techionary” to acquaint the public with some common acronyms and buzzwords.

Also read: Financial Professionals Bet On Rising Cryptos, UK Report

Crypts and Toilets

The survey has revealed that a great number of British citizens may have an entirely wrong idea about basic crypto-related terms. It shows that despite the growing popularity of cryptocurrencies, some Brits may still be completely unaware of their existence.

Many Brits Confuse Cryptocurrency with Something Else, SurveyFor example, 36 percent of those questioned think “cryptocurrency” has something to do with funeral finance. Respondents were also asked “What is the blockchain?” and a staggering 41 percent said it had to be one of those old-style toilet tanks with a pull chain.

British-based cloud services provider Inty has interviewed 2,000 people to determine if they know the meanings of some widespread technical words and phrases, the Daily Mirror reports. They were asked 20 questions related to computing and information technology. The answers confirm that many people in the UK are still unsure what some common terms mean.

The poll shows that almost a quarter of the participants, 23 percent, think HTML is textspeak for “Hi There My Love” in messaging and chats. Another 38 percent of the respondents believe “cloud computing” means using computer technology while on a flight.

The “Techionary”

Trying to clear some misconceptions, Inty has published a “dictionary of computing”. Visitors can find on its website the meanings of popular terms used in information technology. “Blockchain” and “cryptocurrency” are among the entries.

“We know the world of IT and computing can be complex, but we think our Dictionary of Computing jargon-buster might just help people struggling with a few technical words and phrases we in the industry probably take for granted,” says the company’s CEO Craig Joseph.

“It seems plausible that the speed at which the technology landscape develops is the reason as to why we are faced with an ever-growing list of buzzwords and acronyms,” note the authors of the survey. They have included in their “Techionary” computing terms for every letter of the alphabet and provided proper definitions.

Many Brits Confuse Cryptocurrency with Something Else, Survey

Not everyone in Britain needs such education, though. Another study recently showed that UK financial professionals are very well informed about cryptocurrencies and their perspectives. More than half of those who have previously invested in cryptos intend to acquire more digital money. The majority of investors expect crypto valuations to rise this year, despite recent market drops.

The popularity of cryptocurrencies has been growing steadily around the world in the last few years. Polls conducted in several countries have confirmed the positive trend. Almost 60 percent of Americans now say they have heard of bitcoin. The same is true for more than half of Russians.

Do you think misconceptions are a major barrier to entering the crypto world? Tell us in the comments section below. 


Images courtesy of Shutterstock.


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