The first packet sent on an RFC1149-compliant (avian carrier) network is up for auction: https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/fine-printed-books-manuscripts-science/carrier-pigeon-internet-protocol-150/325216
For background, see https://blug.linux.no/project/rfc1149/ and https://nxdomain.no/~peter/rfc1149_implementation_25_years_later.html #rfc1149 #firstpacket #networking #aviancarrier #auction #christies #internethistory #tcpip
Peter N. M. Hansteen
npub122…mm4u3
2026-10-02 05:28:42 UTC
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wss://relay.ditto.pubPublished at
2026-10-02 05:28:42 UTCEvent JSON
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