Seeing Ghozali's New Billionaire Selling Selfie Photos, Cak Imin Asks The Government To Facilitate Creative Economy Entering NFT

Muhaimin Iskandar alias cak Imin/PKB.id

JAKARTA - PKB Chairperson Muhaimin Iskandar responded to the success of a student from Semarang, Central Java, named Ghozali who sold his selfie photo in NFT (Non Fungible Token) format on OpenSea through his account Ghozali Everyday, earning IDR 13.8 billion. proves that the current mastery of technology is non-negotiable.

“Ghozali's phenomenon is proof that mastering technology and consistently pursuing a specific field that he has is paying off. We all have to support the creative economy in NFT," said Muhaimin, Sunday, January 16. Cak Imin, as he is called, also asked the government to facilitate creative economy players so that they can sell their work to NFT, such as Ghozali. "Me, PKB, DPR, and the Government must be ready to facilitate the creative economy to enter NFT because the added value can be extraordinary,” he continued.

The deputy chairman of the DPR explained that there are three conditions for a product or creativity to have added value. Among them, the quality must be maintained, the process being occupied is also proven, and the technological ability to enter a new world.

"This NFT phenomenon can widen our eyes that trade can have extraordinary added value beyond all of our expectations," said Cak Imin. As is known, Ghozali has sold 933 selfies of himself in NFT format for Rp. 13.8 billion on OpenSea. More than 430 people who pocketed Ghozali's photo with a selling value of 288 ETH (Ethereum). Ethereum is a Crypto Asset token similar to bitcoin.

Ghozali started capturing his photos by taking selfies since 2017 when he was only 18 years old, and continued until 2021 when he was 22 years old. In total there are 933 photos that are summarized over five years. After five years of making photo summary videos, Ghozali had the idea of selling each image. He peddles selfie photos in NFT format at OpenSea on January 10, 2022. Prices vary from IDR 47,000 to the most expensive IDR 3.1 billion