VOICED : Primer SMS de la historia, subastado como NFT por más de 120.000 dólares

VOICED : Primer SMS de la historia, subastado como NFT por más de 120.000 dólares

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Business, Computers, Journalism

9th - 10th Grade

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The first SMS ever sent, a 'Merry Christmas' message from 1992, was auctioned in France as an NFT for over $120,000. The message was originally sent by Neil Papworth to a Vodafone director. The buyer, a Canadian in the tech sector, now owns a unique digital replica of the original communication protocol. NFTs, or Non-Fungible Tokens, are unique digital assets that cannot be exchanged for equivalents, similar to cryptocurrencies, and are popular among collectors and speculators.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the first SMS in history sold as?

A stock option

A physical artifact

A Non-Fungible Token

A digital currency

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who sent the first SMS and to whom?

A Canadian technologist to Neil Papworth

A Vodafone director to Neil Papworth

Neil Papworth to a Vodafone director

Neil Papworth to a Canadian technologist

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the content of the first SMS?

Happy New Year

Merry Christmas

Hello World

Greetings

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does NFT stand for?

New Financial Technology

Non-Fungible Token

Network File Transfer

National Fund Transfer

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why are NFTs appealing to collectors?

They are unique and can appreciate in value

They are government-backed

They are easily exchangeable

They are physical assets