The photo of “Disaster Girl” that sparked a thousand memes is the latest to be impressive in NFT again. Zoe Roth, 21-year-old student and face of the viral sold an NFT of the meme for around $ 500,000 worth of Ether, The New York Times reported. the took place earlier this month, on the Foundation auction site. Roth plans to use the funds to pay for the school and donate to charity, she said. Time.
The now iconic image dates back to 2005, when her father, David Roth, took the photo in their neighborhood while watching local firefighters witness a controlled burn. Finally, he entered it into a contest (he won), and the photo was quickly picked up by Internet forums, Know your meme.
This isn’t the first time an old meme has found new life as NFT or . The artist behind Nyan Cat based on the 2011 viral music video for $ 605,000 earlier this year. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey also recently sold his first tweet as NFT for nearly.
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