“Merry Christmas”. It is fifteen characters sent in 1992 have made a double history. In addition to being the first SMS in the history of telephony, this short message is now a “non-fungible object” or NFT, sold for 107,000 euros on Tuesday. Watch our video.
” Merry Christmas “
The purchaser of this very first SMS, a Canadian working in the new technology sector, is now the exclusive owner of a unique digital replica of the original communication protocol that transmitted this SMS.
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Received at the time by Richard Jarvis, collaborator of Vodafone, the SMS is composed of 15 characters to say “Merry Christmas” (” Merry Christmas “ in French).
The operator Vodafone had previously indicated that it would donate the proceeds of the sale to the UNHCR, the United Nations refugee agency, or 107,000 euros less the fees of the sales company.
the “Non-Fungible Token” (NFT), or in French a “Non-fungible token”, is a new type of digital asset, like cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, which uses blockchain technology, an authentication directory shared between a multitude of individuals. An NFT is unique and cannot be exchanged for an equivalent.
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The operator Vodafone had indicated that he intended to donate the proceeds of the sale to the UNHCR, the United Nations refugee agency.
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Almost unknown a year ago, the NFTs represent for some the new goose that lays the golden eggs of the contemporary art market and in a few months have become essential auction houses, reaching prices of several millions of dollars. dollars – the record for an entirely digital work by American artist Beeple with 69.3 million in March at Christie’s.
