Back in 2005, a college student from England, Alex Tew, had a simple but brilliant idea—sell pixels on a website to advertisers for $1 each. The Million Dollar Homepage was born, offering one million pixels for sale. The project went viral, companies and individuals scrambled to claim their digital real estate, and the last 1,000 pixels even sold for $38,100 on eBay, pushing total earnings past $1,037,100.

Nearly 20 years later, the site is still up, though many links lead to defunct businesses or sketchy redirects (so, click at your own risk!). The idea inspired countless imitators, but none quite captured the original’s magic. Could a modern version—maybe on the blockchain—bring it back? Internet nostalgia runs deep, and stranger things have happened.