This NFT is an experiment. The San Francisco Chronicle is selling the Best Bay Area Views Guide to see if NFTs can fund local journalism.

Curated by Chronicle Culture Critic Peter Hartlaub, the Best Bay Area Views Guide is a must-visit list of the most spectacular vistas in the Bay Area. The sale of this NFT will remove the paywall from the story, making the guide free for everyone, forever. Bidding that exceeds the reserve price for the NFT will be donated to the Chronicle’s flagship charity, Season of Sharing.

The buyer receives:

1.) The NFT itself, a GIF of our favorite views collected over the past two years

2.) Their name and a note about the sale attached to the article itself, viewable by thousands of readers

3.) The removal of the paywall from the article page, making the guide free for all readers forever