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DIGITAL OWNERSHIP / 22 MARCH 2021

The NFT associated with Jack Dorsey’s first tweet.

A source-led record of the transaction: what was acquired, what was paid and where the ownership boundary sits.

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VALUABLES / NFT#20

“just setting up my twttr”

Jack Dorsey · @jack · 21 MAR 2006
ACQUIRED

THE TRANSACTION

One public post. One tokenised record.

On 22 March 2021, Sina Estavi acquired the NFT associated with Jack Dorsey’s first tweet through Valuables. The accepted price was 1,630.5825601 ETH, valued by Cent at $2,915,835.47 at the time of sale.

Reuters reported the completed sale the same day and identified Estavi as the buyer. The original post had been published by Dorsey on 21 March 2006.

01Transaction date
22 March 2021
02Accepted price
1,630.5825601 ETH
03Cent-recorded value at sale time
$2,915,835.47
04Platform
Valuables by Cent

THE OWNERSHIP BOUNDARY

The token and the tweet are not the same thing.

This page describes the NFT transaction without turning it into a broader legal or financial claim.

What the record establishes

  • An NFT associated with Jack Dorsey’s first tweet was sold through Valuables.
  • Cent confirmed the exact ETH amount, its dollar value at the time and Sina Estavi as the buyer.
  • The platform record and contemporaneous reporting document the transaction.

What the public record does not establish

  • Ownership or control of the underlying tweet, the X account or the publishing platform.
  • Transfer of copyright, intellectual-property rights or a commercial licence to the tweet’s text.
  • Any present resale value, investment return, price target or guarantee of future demand.

Contemporaneous reporting on Valuables described tweet NFTs as digital collectibles that did not change the copyright or intellectual-property rights in the underlying post. This page is an editorial record, not legal or investment advice.

SOURCE REGISTER

The claim stays as narrow as the evidence.

Each source is used for a specific part of the record. Its limits are shown alongside what it supports.

SOURCES REVIEWED

  1. 01

    PRIMARY PLATFORM RECORD

    Valuables transaction record

    Valuables / Cent

    SUPPORTSThe platform record for the NFT associated with tweet ID 20 and its transaction context.

    LIMITATIONA first-party platform record; it does not independently explain every legal right outside the NFT.

    Open source
  2. 02

    INDEPENDENT REPORTING

    Jack Dorsey’s first tweet sold for $2.9 million as an NFT

    Reuters

    SUPPORTSThe completed sale date, buyer, platform, exact ETH amount and dollar value confirmed by Cent.

    LIMITATIONA contemporaneous news report, not the transaction contract or legal advice on intellectual-property rights.

    Open source
  3. 03

    UNDERLYING PUBLIC POST

    Jack Dorsey’s first tweet

    X / @jack

    SUPPORTSThe text, author, public URL and original publication date of the underlying post.

    LIMITATIONThe public post does not by itself prove the later NFT transaction or define the rights transferred.

    Open source
  4. 04

    PLATFORM & RIGHTS CONTEXT

    The Next Frontier of the NFT Gold Rush: Your Tweets

    WIRED

    SUPPORTSContemporaneous reporting on how Valuables tweet NFTs worked and the copyright and commercial-use boundary.

    LIMITATIONPublished before the sale completed; used for platform mechanics and rights context, not the final transaction amount.

    Open source

WHY IT REMAINS IN THE RECORD

A timestamp in the public debate over digital ownership.

The transaction became part of the global 2021 conversation about authenticity, scarcity and ownership on the internet. Its place in this biography is historical: a documented event connected to Sina Estavi’s public record, not a claim about the token’s present market value.

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