World’s first SMS sold as NFT at Paris Auction House

The first-ever message of the World has been sold as a non-fungible token for $149,729 at an auction in Paris. The message was sent to Richard Jarvis then director of telecommunications company Vodafone by a British programmer Neil Papworth from his computer on December 3, 1992.

The NFT is a replica of the original communication protocol that transmitted the SMS. The unknown buyer will pay in Ether, the cryptocurrency. NFT or non-fungible token is one of a kind of token. Virtual art became the mainstream ever since the first NFT artwork was sold for $69,346,250 in an online auction. 

Maximilien Aguttes, the Development Manager at Aguttes auction house has said that the innovations like email, SMS, and phone calls have changed our lives and the first message is a historical treatment of human and technological progress.