Student Becomes a Millionaire After Turning Selfies Into NFTs as a Joke
A 22-year-old Indonesian college student has become a millionaire overnight after turning his collection of daily selfies into non-fungible tokens (NFTs) as a joke.
Sultan Gustaf Al Ghozali, a computer science student from Semarang, Central Java, has had a habit of shooting a selfie a day in front of his computer for the past four years, starting from when he was 18 years old. While he has missed some days, his album now contains nearly 1,000 selfies, which he initially shot to create a passage-of-time timelapse in the style popularized by Noah Kalina’s everyday project.
After learning of cryptocurrencies, blockchains, and NFTs, however, Ghozali had the idea of creating a humorous collection of NFTs based on his face photos.
“I was thinking it might be funny if one of the collectors collected my face,” Ghozali tells AFP. “I never thought anybody would want to buy the selfies, which is why I only priced them at $3 [0.00001 ETH].”
Ghozali began minting his selfies as NFTs on January 1st through the NFT platform OpenSea in a collection titled Ghozali Everyday.
