Richard Jarvis, a Vodafone collaborator, surely did not think that the text message he had just received on December 3, 1992, would end up on sale in France, 29 years later, in 2021. In the absence of the original SMS, it was is his NFT certificate which was sold to a Canadian who works in the new technology sector. What is NFT? It is the acronym for "Non-Fungible Token" which means "non-fungible token" in French. It is a digital certificate which gives rights to a virtual object. "An NFT ultimately makes it possible to make a file, a photo or a digital content that is basically duplicable" unique, explains Maximilien Aguttes, responsible for the development of the Aguttes auction house. " This piece,the NFT will always be something important in history because it marks a period and we need markers ”adds Claude Aguttes, auctioneer. Vodafone undertakes to donate the proceeds from the sale to UNHCR, the United Nations refugee agency.
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