Core Developer to Launch Bitcoin Node in Space
Bitcoin has already spread rapidly across the globe, but now one of the currency's core developers wants to take it where no virtual currency has gone before - space. Developer Jeff Garzik plans to launch several tiny satellites into space which will serve as a node on the bitcoin network. Historically, it has cost tens or hundreds of millions to launch satellites into space, but a new generation of privately-funded, bootstrapped satellite services has changed all that. Cubesats. Garzik's project involves building 'cubesats', which are standard, small-sized satellites, typically measuring....
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Late last year, we heard the first plans from bitcoin core developer Jeff Garzik to launch bitcoin mini-satellites into space. Today, we're getting a little more information on the project. Apparently, Mr. Garzik's Dunvegan Space Systems has formed a partnership with Deep Space Industries to built tiny "BitSats" that will broadcast the block chain from earth orbit. The plan? Offer redundancy to the bitcoin network in the event something catastrophic happens down on earth. Smart, don't you think? The plan is still very much coming together, but the idea is to build CubeSats that measure 10....