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August 6, 1991

1991-08-06 00:00 UTC

Held by The Museum. Not for sale.

The web goes public

The web goes public
Photo: Liamd967 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Tim Berners-Lee posts a short summary of the World Wide Web project to Usenet.
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Questions and answers

When exactly did the web goes public take place?
It is recorded at 1991-08-06 00:00 UTC — August 6, 1991 in Coordinated Universal Time. Every minute in this registry is stored in UTC so it reads the same anywhere in the world.
Can this minute be bought?
No. Museum minutes are curated historical entries held permanently by the registry and are never for sale. The minutes around them can be claimed.
What does owning a minute mean?
Buy The Time is a novelty registry. Nobody buys real time or property — an owner buys a permanent, public entry against one UTC minute in this database, visible to everyone.
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Confirmed on October 1, 2026 in block 969,500. Anyone can verify this record exists, without us.

SHA-256 f3b481d4d52dc4b711bc9771f41f1ae64fd1f5089e1cc374ccd0b77a4a4eea5f

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