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NFT of world's first-ever text message to be auctioned
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livemint.comWorld's first-ever text message of SMS was 'Merry Christmas', sent on Vodafone network and received by Vodafone employee Richard Jarvis on 3 December 1992.
Today, Vodafone is auctioning the text message as NFT and proceeds from the auction will be go to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, to support forcibly displaced people.
The successful bidder will claim exclusive ownership of a detailed and unique replica of the original communication protocol that transmitted the world’s first SMS.
The auction will be conducted in Paris on 21 December 2021 by Aguttes, the first independent auction house in France. The buyer will pay with Ether cryptocurrency. Vodafone is combining a world-first innovation from nearly 30 years ago, with today’s
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