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On March 25, 2021, an NFT of the New York Times article, "Buy This Column on the Blockchain!", was sold at auction for 350 ether (approximately $560,000 at the time). This was the first NFT ever sold by the New York Times. The original article, written by tech columnist Kevin Roose, was published on March 24, 2021. The proceeds of the sale were donated to the New York Time's Neediest Cases Fund.

Link to original article, "Buy This Column on the Blockchain!": https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/24/technology/nft-column-blockchain.html

Link to follow-up article, "Why Did Someone Pay $560,000 for a Picture of My Column?": https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/26/technology/nft-sale.html

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This collection page is no longer in use.

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Category Art
Contract Address0xe18a...d7ba
Token StandardERC-1155
ChainEthereum
Last Updated2 years ago
Creator Earnings
7.5%

NYT article sold for 350 ETH on March 25, 2021

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On March 25, 2021, an NFT of the New York Times article, "Buy This Column on the Blockchain!", was sold at auction for 350 ether (approximately $560,000 at the time). This was the first NFT ever sold by the New York Times. The original article, written by tech columnist Kevin Roose, was published on March 24, 2021. The proceeds of the sale were donated to the New York Time's Neediest Cases Fund.

Link to original article, "Buy This Column on the Blockchain!": https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/24/technology/nft-column-blockchain.html

Link to follow-up article, "Why Did Someone Pay $560,000 for a Picture of My Column?": https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/26/technology/nft-sale.html

HASH by Pob Studio collection image

A series of generative art collections generated from on-chain transaction records on Ethereum to represent moments of blockchain history with NFTs.

This collection page is no longer in use.

Migrate your HASH NFT to the new ERC-721 HASH collection contract on https://hash.pob.studio

New collection page: https://opensea.io/collection/hash-by-pob

To learn more about HASH by Pob Studio visit: https://www.pob.studio/hash

Category Art
Contract Address0xe18a...d7ba
Token StandardERC-1155
ChainEthereum
Last Updated2 years ago
Creator Earnings
7.5%
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