Sir Tim Berners-Lee auctions web source code as NFT

Sir Tim Berners-Lee is auctioning his original source code for the web in the form of a non-fungible token, as digital collectables continue to fetch millions of dollars despite recent cryptocurrency sell-off, writes the Financial Times.  The non-fungible token (NFT) is described by Sotheby’s as “the first historical artefact” linked to the computer scientist's invention…

The Digest: Net is ‘less free and more unequal’… and 4 other things people are talking about today

[nextpage title="Next"] Berners-Lee troubled by 'growing inequality' on web | PC Mag "Sir Tim Berners-Lee believes access to the internet is a basic human right. The World Wide Web creator and founder of the Web Foundation, Berners-Lee suggested that, in an increasingly unequal world, the internet has the power to be a great equaliser. But…