{"id":59744,"date":"2022-04-07T12:51:02","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T09:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=59744"},"modified":"2025-09-04T23:35:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T20:35:38","slug":"nft-of-jack-dorseys-first-tweet-goes-on-sale-for-48-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/nft-of-jack-dorseys-first-tweet-goes-on-sale-for-48-million\/","title":{"rendered":"NFT of Jack Dorsey&#8217;s first tweet goes on sale for $48 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first tweet by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, in NFT form, was listed on OpenSea for 14,969 ETH (~$48.3 million). Its owner, Bridge Oracle founder Sina Estavi, plans to donate at least $25 million to charity if the sale goes through.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I decided to sell this NFT ( the world\u2019s first ever tweet ) and donate 50% of the proceeds ( $25 million or more ) to the charity <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GiveDirectly?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GiveDirectly<\/a> <br \/>\u200c\u200c\u200c\u200c\u200c\u200c<br \/>\ud83d\udd87 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cnv5rtAEBQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/cnv5rtAEBQ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yiaZjJt1p0\">pic.twitter.com\/yiaZjJt1p0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Estavi (@sinaEstavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sinaEstavi\/status\/1511832413973983239?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Estavi could stand to earn at least 1,555%. The auction runs until 13 April at 05:17 MSK. At the time of writing, no user had placed a bid.<\/p>\n<p>In March 2021, the founder of Bridge Oracle <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/jack-dorsey-sells-nft-tweet-for-2-91-million\">purchased<\/a> an NFT for $2.91 million. Dorsey transferred the proceeds to the nonprofit GiveDirectly.<\/p>\n<p>Dorsey was surprised that Estavi chose not to follow his example. In response, the NFT owner said he was willing to do so at the request of the Twitter founder. Previously, he had intended to spend half of the proceeds on supporting blockchain projects. As of this writing, Dorsey had not yet commented.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I don\u2019t want the rest for myself; I\u2019d prefer to use the rest to support blockchain projects ( <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bridge_oracle?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@bridge_oracle<\/a> ) and help my people, but your suggestion is valuable to me. If you like, I would donate 100% of it to charity if you let me know. \ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd1d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Estavi (@sinaEstavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sinaEstavi\/status\/1511984044929691648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Earlier in April, Elon Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/elon-musk-acquires-9-2-stake-in-twitter\">acquired<\/a> 9.2% of Twitter shares. This was preceded by his <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/elon-musk-criticises-twitter-over-nft-integration\">criticism<\/a> of NFT integration.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2021, Jack Dorsey <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/jack-dorsey-steps-down-as-twitter-chief-executive\">left his role as Twitter&#8217;s CEO<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 full news feed, <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news, infographics and opinions <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NFT of Twitter founder Jack Dorsey\u2019s first tweet was listed on OpenSea for 14,969 ETH (~$48.3 million). 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