Ghozali Everyday is the NFT project of a 22-year-old Indonesian. By offering about 1000 selfies for sale on OpenSea, he managed to generate more than a million dollars.
Those who think there is absurdity in the rise of the NFT market are unlikely to change their minds with the story of Ghozali Ghozalu. This 22-year-old Indonesian student became a millionaire overnight thanks to a simple batch of selfies.
The young man has indeed converted and sold 1000 selfies in the form of non-fungible tokens (NFT) on the OpenSea sales platform. Having photographed himself regularly for five years, Ghozali originally intended to use the footage for a time-lapse video culminating in his graduation. But, after discovering the blockchain and NFTs, he explained that he changed his plan. Thus, the batch of images was deposited on the OpenSea site – specializing in the purchase and sale of non-fungible tokens – with a price of around three dollars per photo.
“I never thought anyone would want to buy the selfies”, did he declare. Still, the project eventually got spotted and demand grew, making him a millionaire. Today, the floor price of an image is 0.25 ETH (ethereum), or 688 euros. Ghozali has even become a minor star in the crypto community. He has more than 40,000 followers on Twitter, and some Internet users appear with clothes bearing his image.
The young Indonesian said he would not offer new NFTs of his selfies and urged owners (currently 503 addresses) not to abuse his images. “I believe in you so please take care of my photos”, he commented. Ghozali plans to invest the money and dreams of opening his own animation studio.