Before permanently removing the original from YouTube, the actors of the popular video “Charlie bit my finger – again” are auctioning off the almost 14-year-old footage.
The YouTube clip with Charlie and Harry Davies-Carr as kids and the iconic statement, “Charlie bit me,” has had more than 881 million views as of the time of writing.
The clip’s producers, who were one and three at the time, think that it is worth selling as an NFT even if its views do not place it in the top 20 most popular YouTube videos.
On Saturday, May 22, the 14th anniversary of the video’s upload to YouTube, the sale for the footage will start. According to The Verge, when the auction is over, “Charlie bit my finger” will be permanently removed from YouTube.
According to the New York Post, this film will be sold over the Ethereum blockchain as one of the NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, that are used to purchase digital “art” on the blockchain.
Charlie, who is now 14 and resides in Marlow, England, said to the outlet of the choice to auction the iconic video: “NFTs is the new thing. The exciting new thing right now is NFTs, not YouTube, which was the new thing when we posted.
The boys’ father, Howard Davies-Carr, shared the attitude when he said: “We were one of the first to embrace YouTube and we’re being one of the first to embrace NFT’s and cryptos.” Howard Davies-Carr was the one who filmed the video and uploaded it to YouTube.
Additionally, Howard stated that the auction winner would have the opportunity to “reenact the video,” and the family is willing to travel out to see them.
The film was put up for sale as an NFT at a time when digital assets have become more and more popular over the past year, with other memes and videos, including the photo of Disaster Girl, selling for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Furthermore, Chris Torres, the creator of Nyan Cat, sold a Gif of the well-known meme for more than $470,000.
At charliebitme.com, you may buy the movie or find out more about the 24-hour-long auction.
