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Indonesian student Sultan Gustaf Al Ghozali took pictures of himself every day for five years.
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He sold his selfies as a joke as an NFT, and his collection reached over $ 1 million in trading volume.
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Gozari has expressed confusion as to why selfies have become so popular.
Indonesian student accidentally became a millionaire after selling a selfie as follows: Non-fungible token (NFT).
NFTs are unique digital assets that represent ownership of real-world items such as photographs.
Sultan Gustaf Al Ghozali, 22, who is studying computer science at a university in Indonesia, took pictures of himself sitting in front of his computer every day for five years. France24..
In the photo, Gozari looks into the camera with a unique expressionless expression.
Ghozali initially intended to use selfies to create time-lapse videos for graduation, but later decided to sell them as NFTs.
He posted 933 selfies titled “Ghozali Everyday” on the trading platform. High seas..
“Upload my photo to NFTlol,” he wrote on Twitter on January 10.
“I thought it might be interesting if one of the collectors gathered my face,” Gozari told reporters Thursday at his college campus in Semarang24.
“Nobody wanted to buy a selfie, so I only priced it for $ 3,” he said.
According to France24, Ghozali’s photos first caught the attention after a famous chef bought them and promoted them on social media accounts.
Since then, more than 500 users have purchased student selfies.Some of his followers T-shirt I made Sports his image and others Song written with a pen About him.
As of Friday, his collection reached a total trading volume of 384 ethers, worth more than $ 1 million.
Gozari has expressed confusion as to why selfies have become so popular.
“I sold over 230 photos today, but I don’t know why you want to buy my #NFT photos !!! But I’m grateful for the five years of hard work,” he wrote. increase. twitter..
He also demanded that those who buy selfies not “abuse” the images. This seems to refer to the people editing his photos.
“Don’t abuse my photos, otherwise my parents will be very disappointed … I believe in you, so take care of my photos,” he said. .. Tweet..
Last week Ghozali said he hadn’t told his parents about his newly found wealth yet.
“Honestly, I didn’t have the courage to talk to my parents yet. Parents would wonder where I got the money,” Gozari said, according to France.
The student said he was planning to invest money, France24 reported and wanted to own an animation studio someday.
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