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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @KenyaCoin OP 27 Mar 2022 \ parent \ on: Mandela’s Arrest-Warrant NFT Raises $130,000 in Auction | Bloomberg bitcoin

Following is an article from before the auction. If you right-click you can save yourself $130,000:

Suspended museum CEO Nicholas Wolpe said he bought the original in 2007 for R30 000. He said the museum retained the original in its archives and that it would remain there.

The original document was handwritten on paper and is vulnerable to natural deterioration, but as an NFT, it will be preserved in perpetuity.

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Non-fungible token of Nelson Mandela’s original arrest warrant up for auction in Cape Town https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/news/non-fungible-token-of-nelson-mandelas-original-arrest-warrant-up-for-auction-in-cape-town-d93da1ae-33e3-40c8-8884-db4e643cd2be

1 sat \ 1 reply \ @KenyaCoin OP 27 Mar 2022

NFTs are built using the same kind of programming as cryptocurrency, such as Bitcoin