🚀🥑 Welcome to the world of DeFi and Web 3! Sotheby's raised $450,000 in the first sale of a pixelated collection called "BitcoinShrooms" created with the Bitcoin blockchain's Ordinals protocol! This could lead to mainstream interest in these digital images called “NFTs in Bitcoin.” 😂

The auction featured three images, including a pixelated avocado that sold for more than $100,000 and a design derived from the Super Mario mushroom that sold for more than $240,000. 🍄💰

Ordinals posts were launched last year on Bitcoin, a new technology developed by Casey Rodarmor, and has experienced waves of popularity this year, resulting in congestion and high fees on the network. ⚡️

The three digital images from the BitcoinShrooms collection were created by the pseudonymous artist Shroomtoshi, according to Sotheby's website. 🎨

Digital avocado "BIP39 SEED" was initially expected to fetch $20,000 to $30,000, but sold for $101,600. 🤯 Share your comments and thoughts in the comments section! 🗣️