After saying the launch of his “Genesis Assortment” nonfungible token (NFT) public sale, Ross Ulbricht, the alleged founding father of darkish net market Silk Highway, has bought his first NFT for $6.2 million or 1,446 Ether (ETH) at public sale.

The public sale kicked off at Artwork Basel Miami through the SuperRare platform. FreeRossDAO, the decentralized autonomous group set as much as assist free Ulbricht from imprisonment, positioned the successful bid. The FreeRossDAO web site states that the DAO goals to “advance jail reform” and to “share Ross’s work with the world and provides everybody a singular alternative to personal a chunk of it.”