A digital duplicate of the world's first SMS was traded at an auction in France.
SMS with the text "Merry Christmas" December 3, 1992 programmer Neil Papworth sent the leader of the British mobile operator Vodafone Richard Jarvis.
An NFT lot includes a copy of the authentic communication protocol, through which the message was dispatched, as well as an image of a mobile phone with the same SMS. He went under the hammer for 132 680 euros with an estimated value of 100-200 thousand euros.
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The auction house did not disclose the name of the buyer. The profits will be directed to charity - the UN Refugee Agency.