The first text message is now a $150,000 NFT - engadget
( December 23, 2021; engadget )
Vodafone has turned the first text message into a non-fungible token (NFT). It sold at a Paris auction house this week for €132,680 ($150,000) worth of Ether. The company will donate the proceeds to the United Nations Refugee Agency to support forcibly displaced people.
The message said , Merry Christmas, and it was sent by Vodaphone programmer, Neil Papworth on December 3, 1992 to a Vodaphone director, Richard Jarvis. The NFT was minted on December 18, 2021, with smart contract address: 0x7ccc16b30893f98b9ae942d4a149aaa5320513f6.
The purchase provides for the following assets,
A detailed replica of the original communication protocol created by Vodafone, which documents the sending/receiving of the world's first SMS. The buyer receives the replica as a PCAP file. In addition, the buyer receives the replica of the original communication protocol as TXT files (coded/uncoded versions) and as PDF files (coded/uncoded versions).
A digital frame in the form of a physical asset (29x19.5cm). In this frame, a 3D animation is shown in which the mobile phone is presented at the moment of receiving the world’s first SMS. In addition to the physical asset, the buyer also receives the included 3D animation as an MP4 file as a digital version.
An animated version of the entire replica of the original communication protocol code, which documents both the sending and the reception of the world’s first SMS.
A certificate guaranteeing the authenticity and uniqueness of the NFT "Merry Christmas" The World's First SMS to the owner, signed by Vodafone Group CEO Nick Read (Smart Contract/Token ID/Mint-Date/Edition 1/1)
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This man did act like Santa Claus, the people who will receive the money are more than needy, there is so much poverty in this world, that help will always be well received, and this man will have the satisfaction of having done something good in this world, that best reward for him
How great it is to be the first of anything ! Be the first and win.
Thank you Vodafone for the kind gesture.Displaced people around the world really need this .
It's really worth the price paid for the first text message that has never existed before, and what's even more amazing is that they donate the revenue from it to refugees.
They never thought that this message would be worth so much money. But the most important thing is the donation they made. What other NFTs does the future hold?
I think this is something extraordinary, especially since the proceeds from this sale are donated for the benefit of humanity. Hopefully it will be an inspiration for anyone to produce nft and package the brand so that the selling value becomes expensive.
For an unbelievable price set NFT. Firsts usually come at such an astronomical price. The first tweet of Twitter's former CEO Jack Dorsey sold for $2.9 million.
NFT must do better in near future because it has an intense opportunity to grow. People are very enthusiastic to NFT. I saw first tweet on twitter, first article on wiki has been bought as NFT. Now it is for text message. That's great.