‘Merry Christmas’ The world First SMS sells as NFT for $121K in Paris

‘Merry Christmas’ – The world’s First SMS sells as NFT for $121K in Paris auction

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The first text message ever sent as a greeting “Merry Christmas” is auctioned today at Paris for $121k as a NFT.

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The very first text message “Merry Christmas” was sent on 3rdDecember 1992 by Neil Papworth, an employee of a British computer company.

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First Message was received by Neil Papworth manager, Richard Jarvis. The manager received the message on a four-pound (2kg) “Orbitel” phone.

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Aguttes auctioned the world’s first SMS as NFT. It is offered in the form of a unique digital token NFT.

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The first cell phone capable of sending and receiving text messages was made by Nokia.

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Proceeds from the sale went to the United Nations Refugee Agency.

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Vodafone has pledged not to produce any other versions of the NFT.

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In addition, there will be a replication of the first message, along with a visual recreation depicting what happened.

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