Can Satellite Internet Connectivity Boost Bitcoin Adoption in Africa?
Bitcoin adoption around the world is a patient process, as one of the factors involved in the currency’s success relies on internet connectivity. The Western world has gotten accustomed to having the internet at their disposal wherever they go, but things are vastly different in areas such as Africa, South America and parts of Asia. Facebook wants to....
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The broadband internet connectivity platform, 3air, aims to bring seamless broadband connectivity within Africa. The recently announced platform recognizes the internet connectivity issues and the enormous interest in blockchain technology on the African continent. 3air solves the connectivity challenge by using wireless broadband technology to reach previously under-connected areas.
3air is built on the Cardano blockchain, leveraging the chain’s progressive technologies. Furthermore, the 3air token takes advantage of the IOHK Atala Prism Identification Management....
PRESS RELEASE. 3air is using an ISP platform built on Cardano to provide internet to the most unconnected regions in Africa.
November 2nd, 2021, Dubai, UAE – Today, 3air, a blockchain-based startup, announced it will leverage the power of decentralization to provide internet connectivity to consumers in Africa and provide the physical infrastructure to support this through its partnership with K3 Telecom.
Only 20% of people on the African continent are active internet users, with less than 1% having access to broadband. Compare this with the 60% of the world....
The popularity of NFTs drives fundraising experiments for UNICEF's Giga initiative to connect more schools around the world to the internet. Developed countries often take for granted the ubiquity of the internet. But the reality is that some 2.9 billion people still don’t have connectivity to the world wide web.Data provided by UNICEF highlights that the majority of this internet-less mass of people reside in undeveloped countries, and children continue to be disadvantaged by the lack of internet connectivity at local schools.A UNICEF-led initiative is tackling this dilemma in a novel way....
Bitcoin’s blast off to becoming “space money” takes one giant leap with a satellite full node in Brazil. A Bitcoiner in Brazil has beamed the blockchain from space. Mauricio Cessere, product manager at Ledn and a Venezuelan national, has established the purported first Bitcoin (BTC) satellite full node in Brazil. The full satellite node that Cessere has established downloads the Bitcoin blockchain directly from the Blockstream Satellite Network, negating the need for a reliable internet connection. It’s a small step for Bitcoin’s web of nodes but a giant leap for Bitcoin adoption, evincing....
Ghana-based IT solutions firm Ghana Dot Com (GDC) has launched a bitcoin mining facility it claims is the first in Africa. The announcement is notable given GDC chairman Nii Quaynor’s history as an early Internet pioneer. In 1993, Quaynor launched one of Ghana’s first Internet Service Providers, and he has since served on the board of ICANN and the Internet Governance Forum Advisory Group at the United Nations. As such, Quaynor sought to draw comparisons between the two technologies in an announcement regarding the launch. Quaynor said in a statement: “As one of first African computer....