Sultan Gustaf Al Ghozali, 22, an Indonesian college student majoring in computer science, snapped a picture of himself using a computer every day for five years.
Sultan Gustaf Al Ghozali, who turned hundreds of his selfies into non fungible tokens (NFTs)
- An Indonesian student named Sultan Gustaf Al Ghozali snapped a picture of himself every day for five years.
- As a joke, he started selling his selfies as NFTs, and now his collection has generated more than $1 million in trade volume.
- Ghozali has expressed surprise at the popularity of his selfies.
An NFT is a special type of digital asset that denotes ownership of tangible things like physical photos.
"Uploading my photo into nft lol
Ghozali_Ghozalu on OpenSea", Ghozali_Ghozalu tweeted
Ghozali's expressionless gaze towards the camera may be seen in the pictures.
The selfies were originally going to be used by Ghozali to make a time-lapse video for his graduation, but he later opted to sell them as NFTs.
On the trade website OpenSea, he posted 933 selfies under the heading "Ghozali Everyday."
On January 10, he posted on Twitter, "Uploading my photo into NFT hehe."
Ghozali told reporters on the grounds of his university in Semarang on Thursday, "I was thinking it may be humorous if one of the collectors collected my face."
He claimed that he simply set the price of the selfies at $3 because he never imagined that anyone would want to purchase them.
A famous chef bought some of Ghozali's shots and pushed them on his social media channels, which is how Ghozali's images initially came to light.
Since then, the student's selfies have sold to more than 500 individuals. His supporters have written songs about him and created t-shirts with his likeness on them.
His collection had amassed 384 ether, or more over $1 million, in total trade volume as of Friday.
Ghozali has expressed surprise at the popularity of his selfies.
"Today sold more than 230+ items, and up until now, I haven't understood why you would want to purchase my NFT photographs. however, I want to thank you for your five years of hard work "He tweeted.
He also requested that those who purchase his selfies don't "abuse" the images, seemingly referring to people editing his photos.
"Please don't abuse my photos or my parents will be very disappointed...I believe in you guys so please take care of my photos," he tweeted.
Ghozali claimed last week that he still hasn't notified his parents about his recent financial success.
"I haven't got the guts to tell my parents yet, to be completely honest. They would be curious about my source of funding, "said Ghozali.
The student stated that he would invest the funds and eventually like to start an animation business.