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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5158/B.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='World Wide Web Inventor to Sell Source Code' data-article-id='5696'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='13604'>The inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, is selling the first lines of computer code that he used to create it.</span> <span data-start-time='13604' data-end-time='25375'>The code will be part of an NFT sold later this month in an auction by international seller Sotheby’s.</span> <span data-start-time='25375' data-end-time='42958'>The digital NFT, or non-fungible token, includes 9,555 lines of code Berners-Lee used to begin the World Wide Web. </span> <span data-start-time='42958' data-end-time='59979'>The British-born computer scientist created the code between October 1990 and August 1991, Sotheby’s says in a description on its website.</span> <span data-start-time='59979' data-end-time='68021'>In addition, the NFT will include an animation of the code being written. </span> <span data-start-time='68021' data-end-time='80625'>It will also contain a letter written by Berners-Lee in which he gives his thoughts on the code and his process for creating it. </span> <span data-start-time='80625' data-end-time='93813'>The buyer will also receive a digital poster of the full code that includes a representation of Berners-Lee’s signature.</span> <span data-start-time='93813' data-end-time='103438'>Berners-Lee is credited with inventing, in 1989, what would become the World Wide Web. </span> <span data-start-time='103438' data-end-time='114646'>The idea came while he was working at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Switzerland. </span> <span data-start-time='114646' data-end-time='128583'>He proposed a way to link the computers of scientists from all over the world to CERN’s computers so they could more easily share information.</span> <span data-start-time='128583' data-end-time='135792'>The World Wide Web officially launched in August 1991.</span> <span data-start-time='135792' data-end-time='141854'>Berners-Lee spoke about the upcoming sale in a statement. </span> <span data-start-time='141854' data-end-time='156292'>Why an NFT? Well, it's a natural thing to do...when you're a computer scientist and when you write code and have been for many years, he said. </span> <span data-start-time='156292' data-end-time='165333'>It feels right to digitally sign my autograph on a completely digital artifact.</span> <span data-start-time='165333' data-end-time='170729'>The popularity of NFTs has risen this year. </span> <span data-start-time='170729' data-end-time='184417'>In March, a digital piece of artwork by American artist Mike Winkelmann, also known as Beeple, sold for nearly $70 million.</span> <span data-start-time='184417' data-end-time='194354'>The Sotheby’s auction, called "This Changed Everything," will run from June 23 to 30. </span> <span data-start-time='194354' data-end-time='201167'>The price of the NFT will start at $1,000.</span> <span data-start-time='201167' data-end-time='216271'>Cassandra Hatton, head of science and popular culture at Sotheby's, said the NFT represents the internet creator’s historic influence on the world. </span> <span data-start-time='216271' data-end-time='233604'>…Tim's invention created a new world, democratizing the sharing of information, creating new ways of thinking and interacting, and staying connected to one another, she said.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5158/B.jpeg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=17590 data-hint-location='13604' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5158/what_is_an_auction.wav'>What is an auction?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='a sale in which goods or property are sold to the highest bidder'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5158/a_sale_in_which_goods_or_property_are_sold_to_the_highest_bidder.wav'><span>a sale in which goods or property are sold to the highest bidder</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5158/a_manner_or_style_of_doing_something.wav'><span>a manner or style of doing something</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5158/a_small_organized_dissenting_group_within_a_larger_one_especially_in_politics.wav'><span>a small organized dissenting group within a larger one, especially in politics</span></div><div 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