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The whistleblower and former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employee and subcontractor Edward Snowden has revealed he is stepping into the world of non-fungible token ($NFT) assets. Moreover, 100% of the $NFT sale proceeds will be donated to the Freedom of the Press Foundation.
American Whistleblower Edward Snowden Mints an $NFT
Edward Snowden is a well known whistleblower who leaked highly classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) back in 2013. Snowden is a privacy advocate and has explained that he is positive about digital currencies like bitcoin ($BTC) in the past. The whistleblower has also been critical of $BTC’s development in regard to the blockchain’s ability to scale to the masses.
Now Snowden has released an $NFT called “Stay Free” and it claims to be the “only known $NFT produced by Snowden.”
“This unique, signed work combines the entirety of a landmark court decision ruling the National Security Agency’s mass surveillance violated the law, with the iconic portrait of the whistleblower by Platon (used with permission),” the Foundation, an $NFT marketplace notes in the $NFT’s description.
Snowden: ‘I Used to Work for the Government, Now I Work for the Public’
The Foundation is known for its recent auction of the “Nyan Cat” meme, which sold for 300 ETH worth over $738,000 today. The Foundation says the Edward Snowden $NFT was produced using open source software and the “auction is on behalf of Freedom of the Press Foundation.” The art $NFT collectible was minted on April 14, 2021 at 10:13 p.m. according to the $NFT description which means the $NFT was recently created.
Edward Snowden is now on Foundation. 🌐
A vocal advocate for pioneering uses of technology to empower journalists, readers, and the public, @Snowden will release his first $NFT tomorrow.
All proceeds will go to @FreedomofPress.
→ https://t.co/GQOmbP71jh pic.twitter.com/XWQqLiITUG
— Foundation 🌐 (@withFND) April 15, 2021
The Snowden-created $NFT will be auctioned on April 16, 2021, and the $NFT can be seen on Opensea, IPFS, and the block explorer Etherscan. There’s even a quote from Snowden that says: “I used to work for the government. Now I work for the public. President, Freedom of the Press Foundation.”
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