The world's first SMS has been sold as a non-fungible token (NFT) for $149,729 at auction in Paris, according to the auctioneer Aguttes.

据法国奥古特拍卖行称，世界上第一条短信在巴黎的拍卖会以149729美元(约合人民币95.4万元)的价格作为非同质化代币(NFT)售出。

Reading "Merry Christmas," the message was sent by British programmer Neil Papworth from his computer on Dec 3, 1992, to Richard Jarvis, then director of UK telecommunications company Vodafone.
1992年12月3日，英国程序员尼尔•帕普沃思在电脑上向时任英国电信公司沃达丰总监的理查德•贾维斯发送了一条"圣诞快乐"的短信。

Jarvis received the message on his Orbitel 901 cellphone during the company's Christmas function.
贾维斯在Orbitel 901手机上收到了这条信息，当时该公司正在举行圣诞活动。

The NFT is a replica of the original communication protocol that transmitted the SMS, the auction house said.
奥古特拍卖行表示，这次拍卖的NFT是传输短信的原始通信协议复制品。

The unknown buyer, who was to pay in the cryptocurrency Ether, will also receive a digital frame with a 3D animation of the message being received.
拍下该NFT的匿名买家将以加密货币以太币支付，他还将收到一个数码相框，其中包含这条短信的3D动画。