Kryptoradio Successfully Broadcasts Bitcoin Over Finnish Television Network
Technology that could enable Internet-less Bitcoin transactions is no longer merely theoretical. A team of programmers is successfully piloting Kryptoradio, the experimental software that broadcasts Bitcoin over a national Finnish television network. "We have received many listener reports around Finland," project lead and Koodilehto developer Joel Lehtonen told Cryptocoins News, "so the signal is transmitted correctly in all regions of Finland." Developers received official approval from Digita TV, a national network, and launched the plan in July. Kryptoradio attracted the eyes and ears....
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