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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, proud owner of the first-ever tweet on the social media platform, is auctioning it off as a non-fungible token (NFT).

Dorsey today put the tweet from March 21, 2006, which reads "just setting up my twttr," on sale via the platform Valuables.

As of 8:00 p.m. Eastern, the top bid was $88,888.88 in ETH. The auction lasts until Dorsey accepts a bid.

> https://t.co/xCnWG9EqgD
> 
> — jack (@jack) March 6, 2021

According to the Valuables website, "The tweet itself will continue to live on Twitter. What you are purchasing is a digital certificate of the tweet, unique because it has been signed and verified by the creator."

Users can bid on the item with Ether, the native token of the Ethereum blockchain, where the transaction will take place.

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In 2020, Ethereum began the transition to Ethereum 2.0, in which its proof-of-work consensus mechanism is replaced by a proof-of-stake model. The aim of the upgrade is to increase Ethereum’s scalability and security.

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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, proud owner of the first-ever tweet on the social media platform, is auctioning it off as a non-fungible token (NFT).

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Selling First-Ever Tweet...as an NFT

The bidding quickly neared six digits.