Chris Crocker sells ‘Leave Britney Alone’ video as an NFT for $41,000

YouTube star Chris Crocker, who shot to online notoriety for their’ Leave Britney Alone’ viral video, has sold the original clip as an NFT( non-fungible clue) to potentially money their transition.

The 2007 clip, which became one of YouTube’s first-ever viral videos, investigated Crocker offering a tearful and enthusiastic defence of Spears in the middle of the singer’s very public breakdown.

The video has now sold to an anonymous customer online for 18.69 ether, which is roughly equal to around $41,000( PS29. 7k ).

Speaking to Business Insider, Crocker explained that selling the video was their behavior of regaining the clip after years of relentless mockery and abuse.

” I was almost like a great deal of beings might misjudge why I wanted to sell it ,” Crocker said.

” But the real reason is because I felt like I took a lot of smacks — you know, literal hits ,” excusing they had been” physically aggression at homosexual guilds” and received death threats.

Crocker added that the money made from the sale would go primarily towards helping their grandmother, but any additional funds will be put towards their gender transition surgery.

” I would perfectly articulate that towards, like, me being able to become myself”, Crocker said.

An NFT, as NME’s Mark Beaumont explained recently in a blog, constitutes a form of cryptocurrency resource. Most cryptocurrencies are fungible( or’ spendable’) tokens; you can exchange them for other cryptocurrencies or deplete them on goods where they’re accepted.

“Non-fungible signs act like digital gold forbids, rare trading placards or covers kept in safe storage- they’re retained on the blockchain( mostly a Cloud for financial assets, but where everyone with an history maintains a observe of what you own) in your name but you are unable sell or sell them as collectibles, ” he wrote.

However, “theyre not” without conflict- it was revealed recently that sales of the digital components can have a huge result on climate change impacts.

Elsewhere, Elon Musk recently announced plans to release a song about NFTs as an NFT.

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