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Disaster girl Zoe Roth sells original meme as non-fungible token for $650,000 – NEWS.com.au
Disaster girl Zoe Roth sells original meme as non-fungible token for $650,000
The woman in the iconic Disaster Girl meme is capitalising on her internet fame 16 years later by selling the original photo for a mind-boggling $US473,000 ($A650,000).“Disaster Girl” is now a non-fungible token (NFT), a unique digital signature, which allowed it to be sold like a piece of art.
“I’m a part of history,” said Zoe Roth, now 21, who first ignited the internet as a 4 year old after she was photographed smirking devilishly outside a burning building.
But what is a meme and a NFT?
“A meme…
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