An NFT of the World Wide Web source code sold for $5.4 million
万维网源代码 NFT 以 540 万美元的价格售出
The original source code for the World Wide Web sold at Sotheby's for $5.4 million, up from a starting bid of just $1,000.
万维网最初的源代码在苏富比拍卖行以 540 万美元的价格售出，起拍价仅为 1000 美元。
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The code was sold by Tim Berners-Lee, a computer scientist credited with writing the source code that forms the basis of the World Wide Web. Berners-Lee consigned the code for auction by attaching it to an NFT, a type of smart contract that uses blockchain technology.
该代码由蒂姆·伯纳斯-李出售，他是一位计算机科学家，人们普遍认为是他写出了构成万维网基础的源代码。伯纳斯-李通过将代码附在 NFT 上进行委托拍卖，这是一种使用区块链技术的智能合约。
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"The process of bringing this NFT to auction has offered me the opportunity to look back in time to the moment I first sat down to write this code thirty years ago, and reflect on how far the web has come since then," said Berners-Lee in a statement after the sale.
伯纳斯-李在拍卖结束后的一份声明中表示：“拍卖这个 NFT 的过程让我有机会回顾三十年前我第一次坐下来编写这个代码的瞬间，也让我有机会思考自那时起网络已经发展到了什么程度。”
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The code was written in 1990 and 1991. For the auction, it was manifested as a salable collectible in four ways.
该代码写于 1990 和 1991 年。为了进行拍卖，代码以四种形式被呈现出来，变成了可以售卖的收藏品。
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The 9,555 lines themselves will be accessible through links coded into the NFT, through which the buyer will be able to download the code or view it online. There's also a 30-minute video, created by a graphic designer, showing the lines of code being written in full; a digital "poster" containing every line that's up for sale, along with a graphic of Berners-Lee's signature; and a letter from Berners-Lee about the process of creating the code.
买家可以通过编码在 NFT 中的链接访问这 9555 行代码本身，还可以通过这些链接下载代码或者在线查看。还有一段由一位平面设计师制作的 30 分钟的视频，完整展示了这些代码的编写过程；一张包含所有待出售代码的数字“海报”，以及伯纳斯-李签名的数字图像；还有一封来自伯纳斯-李的关于创作该代码过程的信。
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"It is not until the emergence of NFTs that something like this could ever have been harnessed for sale," said Oliver Barker, the chairman of Sotheby's Europe, in a statement.
苏富比欧洲部主席奥利弗·巴克在一份声明中说道：“直到 NFT 出现之后，像这样的东西才有可能被用来出售。”
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Currently, the buyer is anonymous; Sotheby's couldn't immediately confirm if the buyer paid in crypto or fiat currency.
目前，买家是匿名的；苏富比无法立刻确认买家是通过加密货币还是法定货币付款的。
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重点词汇
source code
源代码
相关词汇：source（n. 起源，来源）
相关词汇：code（n. 密码，代码；程序指令）
bid
/bɪd/
n.（尤指拍卖中的）出价，叫价
搭配短语：to make a bid
例句：I made a bid of 100 yuan for the painting.
词性拓展：bid（v.（尤指拍卖中的）出价，叫价）
例句：I bid 100 yuan for the painting.
词性拓展：bid（v. 努力争取）
搭配短语：bid for sth. / to do sth.
搭配短语：to bid for a contract
搭配短语：to bid to host the Olympics
credit sb. with sth.
把（某一成就）归功于某人，认为某人具有（某种好品质）
相关词汇：credit（n. 延迟付款，赊账购买；认可，称赞）
搭配短语：credit card（延迟付款，赊账购买）
例句：We did all the work and she gets all the credit!（认可，称赞）
词性拓展：credit（v. 把……归功于）
例句：She is credited with making the business a success.
consign
/kənˈsaɪn/
v. 把……委托给，寄售；搁置，丢弃
例句：He consigned three paintings to Sotheby's.（把……委托给，寄售）
例句：She consigned old clothes to the attic.（搁置，丢弃）
搭配短语：sb. be consigned to...
例句：He was consigned to a life of poverty.
reflect on
思考，反思
相关词汇：reflect（v. 照出，映出；沉思，仔细思考）
例句：He reflected on his successes and failures.
manifest
/ˈmæn.ə.fest/
v. 显示，表明
英文释义：to show something clearly, through signs or actions
搭配短语：manifest in / as
例句：The workers chose to manifest their dissatisfaction in strikes.
collectible
/kəˈlek.tə.bəl/
n. 收藏品
相关词汇：collect（v. 收藏，收集）
词性拓展：collectible（adj. 值得收藏的，值得收集的）
graphic
/ˈɡræf.ɪk/
adj. 绘画的，平面造型设计的；清楚详细的
相关词汇：graph（n. 图表，曲线图）
词根词缀：graph-（写，画）
例句：His illness is described in graphic detail.（清楚详细的）
词性拓展：graphic（n. 屏幕上显示或作为数据储存的图像）
in full
完整无缺地
同义词：completely
例句：The bill must be paid in full by the end of the month.
相关短语：to the full（充分地，尽情地）
英文释义：in the best or most complete way
例句：She lives life to the full.
up for
正待，被考虑
英文释义：intended or being considered for something
搭配短语：up for sale
搭配短语：up for discussion
搭配短语：up for promotion
harness
/ˈhɑːr.nəs/
v. 控制，利用
词性拓展：harness（n. 马的轭具，马颈圈）
搭配短语：to harness the power of the wind to generate electricity
搭配短语：to harness anger
crypto
/krɪp.toʊ-/
n. 加密货币
词根词缀：crypto-（隐秘的，秘密的）
相关词汇：crypto-anarchist
全称：cryptocurrency
fiat
/ˈfiː.æt/
n. 授权，法令
搭配短语：fiat currency / money（法定货币）
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