The world's first text message, reading ‘Merry Christmas,’ was sold for $121,000. It was put up for auction as an NFT by Vodafone
Aguttes auction house head of development Maximilien Aguttes holds a non-fungible token , replica of the original communication protocol that transmitted the first SMS text message ever sent, before its auction by Britain's Vodafone, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Paris, France, December 20, 2021.
Non-Fungible Tokens, or NFTs, are a type of digital asset that has surged in popularity this year, with NFT artworks selling for millions of dollars.
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