{"id":42384,"date":"2021-05-12T19:59:45","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T16:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=42384"},"modified":"2025-08-30T22:58:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T19:58:54","slug":"merriam-webster-adds-nft-definition-and-auctions-it-as-an-nft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/merriam-webster-adds-nft-definition-and-auctions-it-as-an-nft\/","title":{"rendered":"Merriam-Webster Adds NFT Definition and Auctions It as an NFT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The American publisher Merriam-Webster <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/thanks-to-merriam-webster-you-can-now-own-the-nft-of-the-definition-of-nft-301288201.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">added<\/a> the definition of a non-fungible token (NFT) to its eponymous dictionary and put it up for auction as an NFT on the OpenSea platform.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Own <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MerriamWebster?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MerriamWebster<\/a>\u2018s first NFT \ud83d\udcd5<\/p>\n<p>Net Proceeds will go to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeachForAll?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TeachForAll<\/a>, a global organization that helps children in disadvantaged communities fulfill their potential.<\/p>\n<p>Details below \ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l6xDkspV3v\">https:\/\/t.co\/l6xDkspV3v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OpenSea (@opensea) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/opensea\/status\/1392152303419936769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to the press release, the NFT was defined as an acronym or noun.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;A unique digital identifier that cannot be copied, replaced or divided, which is recorded on the blockchain and used to verify authenticity and ownership,&#8221; the Merriam-Webster definition states.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The NFT listed for auction by Merriam-Webster is titled The Definition of NFT. The bids will run until May 15, 07:00 MSK. At the time of writing, the highest bid was 5 ETH (about $20,500).<\/p>\n<p>The NFT is a 22-second video, showing a \u201cmagical\u201d insertion of the NFT definition into the dictionary.<\/p>\n<p>In March, the NFT marketplace OpenSea <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/andreessen-horowitz-leads-opensea-nft-marketplaces-23-million-series-a\">raised $23 million<\/a> from leading Silicon Valley venture firm Andreessen Horowitz.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on May 12, nine CryptoPunks NFTs <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/nine-cryptopunks-nfts-sold-at-christies-auction-for-nearly-17-million\">went under the hammer at Christie\u2019s for $16.96 million<\/a>, including fees.<\/p>\n<p>Read ForkLog\u2019s Bitcoin news in our <a href=\"\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"\u201c_blank\u201d\" rel=\"\u201cnofollow\u201d noopener\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 crypto news, rates and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American publisher Merriam-Webster added the definition of a non-fungible token (NFT) to its eponymous dictionary and put it up for auction as an NFT on the OpenSea platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1213,1265],"class_list":["post-42384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-nft","tag-opensea"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"23","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42384"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42386,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42384\/revisions\/42386"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}