After celebrating its 20th anniversary in January, the costless net encyclopedia Wikipedia continues making history past selling its first nonfungible token (NFT) via auction giant Christie'south.

On Wednesday, Christie's completed an sale of two Wikipedia-related objects straight from Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales.

Titled "The Birth of Wikipedia," the online sale included two lots, an NFT of Wikipedia'south kickoff edit, which sold for $750,000, and a Strawberry iMac used by Wales to create Wikipedia, which sold for $187,500.

Source: Christie's

The NFT lot features the first message posted on Wikipedia by the site's co-founder back in 2001, mark a unique moment in the history of the internet: Wales typed the words "Hullo, Earth!" after launching the site on Jan. 15, 2001.

The NFT preserves the layout of the Wikipedia home page in 2001, based on the earliest surviving source code. The NFT as well has a feature that allows the owner to edit the page, which can be reset with a timer to revert to its original land.

Christie'due south senior specialist Peter Klarnet said that the auction's event "underscores the burgeoning interest in the history of the net among collectors." Co-ordinate to the sale house, ​​Wikipedia will utilise a part of the auction gain to support Wales' alternative social media network pilot project, WT.Social.

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I of the globe'south largest auction houses, Christie's moved into the NFT manufacture in early 2022, announcing the auction of its kickoff-ever "purely digital work of art" past digital artist Beeple in February. Beeple's NFT slice "Everydays: The Kickoff 5000 Days" sold for more than $69 million in March, emerging as one of the world's most expensive NFTs.