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Topic: Bitcoins in space! (Read 36217 times)

sr. member
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Craig Wright is scammer.
October 08, 2015, 01:25:34 AM
legendary
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In Satoshi I Trust
August 15, 2015, 02:29:19 AM
same here. any updates?
legendary
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LEALANA Bitcoin Grim Reaper
August 15, 2015, 12:09:38 AM
Any updates on this recently?
donator
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March 26, 2015, 03:20:40 PM
from http://dunveganspace.com/assets/bitsat-design-pdr.pdf, page 15:

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M9 Uplink
Authentication
BitSat B1 uplink notes SHALL send bitcoin blocks in a reliable, digitally authenticated data envelope to satellite

would it have been possible (or desirable) to design the sats in such a way that anybody would've been able to connect to one of them and send it a block?
mxn
newbie
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March 26, 2015, 04:07:50 AM
You may know issues on mining, according to your one paper, these satellites generate 18.5 W of electricity, also cooling is a big issue without water & air outside the atmosphere.

Whatever the benefit beside geekness will be, looks like only proof of stake can run fully independent in space.
hero member
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Call me Alice. just Alice.
March 18, 2015, 10:14:14 AM
i love Satcubes. they're so freaking Cute!
full member
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March 17, 2015, 01:00:13 AM
What about experts from universits ? Maybe they can help with it too, but I am not sure about that investors, can kickstart help us ?
legendary
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Eadem mutata resurgo
March 16, 2015, 08:43:25 PM
Are there any basic specs for the satellites up anywhere ... just would like to know some basics, dimensions, weight?

More than just basic...

Check out DunveganSpace.com for one-page info sheet + 93-page design specification.


cool, thanks.

ps: Lagrange, as in "Lagrange points", is one word, named after Joseph Louis Lagrange mathematician/dynamicist who discovered those points.
legendary
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March 16, 2015, 04:52:51 PM
Are there any basic specs for the satellites up anywhere ... just would like to know some basics, dimensions, weight?

More than just basic...

Check out DunveganSpace.com for one-page info sheet + 93-page design specification.

legendary
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March 13, 2015, 11:15:49 AM
legendary
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Eadem mutata resurgo
January 21, 2015, 12:48:27 AM
Are there any basic specs for the satellites up anywhere ... just would like to know some basics, dimensions, weight?
full member
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January 21, 2015, 12:44:12 AM
What about a system where the Block chain is carved up and stored on people's PCs in smaller chunks, actually, they are probably working on this already, a bit like i2p

https://geti2p.net/en/
legendary
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legendary
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November 11, 2014, 10:38:27 AM
Imagine that they are already a couple of BitSats up there, how the average Joe uses them?

Joe has modern a android device (i.e. nexus 5) and a average laptop.

A satellite receiver.

The project specification indicates that the receiver should be made with Common, Off The Shelf (COTS) parts, and may be purchased or built by a skilled hobbyist.
rme
hero member
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November 10, 2014, 02:34:31 AM
Imagine that they are already a couple of BitSats up there, how the average Joe uses them?

Joe has modern a android device (i.e. nexus 5) and a average laptop.
legendary
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October 23, 2014, 05:19:36 AM
Ireland's RTE Long Wave radio station on 252kHz is to close down this January.  That's 18kHz of bandwidth that could cover all of the British Isles and reach all it's 68Million people from a single transmitter.  Plus I'd imagine that Northern France and maybe the low countries could also receive the transmission.  The blockchain plus a Digital Radio Mondiale coded audio station could be broadcast with the 18kHz of bandwidth using the Digital Radio Mondiale codec.  Or more data like alternative blockchains could potentially be transmitted instead.  LW transmissions have good penetration into large buildings.  So an external antenna on the outside of the building would not be needed.
Yes.  Ideally blockchain data, plus other useful data, can be transmitted if bandwidth is available.  For example, the next probable goal for transmission would be live bitcoin transaction data.  This enables mining (assuming you have an uplink somewhere), by delivering a "full feed" of bitcoin protocol data.

After blocks + TXs, there are plenty of other useful things one can imagine.

With the full 18kHz of bandwidth at 252kHz LW it looks like you could potentially transmit up to ~25kbps (Mode D) to ~60kbps (Mode A) using the Digital Radio Mondiale codec.  So almost 11MB could be transmitted per hour in Mode D.  Or about 1.8GB per week in Mode D.  Which is about 94GB per year in mode D.
legendary
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October 22, 2014, 07:22:49 PM
Ireland's RTE Long Wave radio station on 252kHz is to close down this January.  That's 18kHz of bandwidth that could cover all of the British Isles and reach all it's 68Million people from a single transmitter.  Plus I'd imagine that Northern France and maybe the low countries could also receive the transmission.  The blockchain plus a Digital Radio Mondiale coded audio station could be broadcast with the 18kHz of bandwidth using the Digital Radio Mondiale codec.  Or more data like alternative blockchains could potentially be transmitted instead.  LW transmissions have good penetration into large buildings.  So an external antenna on the outside of the building would not be needed.

Yes.  Ideally blockchain data, plus other useful data, can be transmitted if bandwidth is available.  For example, the next probable goal for transmission would be live bitcoin transaction data.  This enables mining (assuming you have an uplink somewhere), by delivering a "full feed" of bitcoin protocol data.

After blocks + TXs, there are plenty of other useful things one can imagine.

newbie
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October 20, 2014, 08:24:40 PM
so how much btc is needed 2 do it?
legendary
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October 20, 2014, 07:31:03 PM
Kryptoradio are broadcasting blockchain data in a 7.5kbps channel on the UHF band using the DVB-T1(or possibly)T2 codec in Finland.  Using the Digital Radio Mondiale codec you could broadcast =>7.1kbps over a 5kHz channel on SW/MW/LW.  Although renting SW transmitter broadcast time costs around $25k per month for 24/7/365 broadcasts.  5kHZ though is about a quarter of the bandwidth that current AM radio broadcast stations use on MW or LW.

Ireland's RTE Long Wave radio station on 252kHz is to close down this January.  That's 18kHz of bandwidth that could cover all of the British Isles and reach all it's 68Million people from a single transmitter.  Plus I'd imagine that Northern France and maybe the low countries could also receive the transmission.  The blockchain plus a Digital Radio Mondiale coded audio station could be broadcast with the 18kHz of bandwidth using the Digital Radio Mondiale codec.  Or more data like alternative blockchains could potentially be transmitted instead.  LW transmissions have good penetration into large buildings.  So an external antenna on the outside of the building would not be needed.
legendary
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Merit: 1100
October 19, 2014, 07:40:45 PM
The three links in the OP are not working for me?

Fixed.  Thanks for pointing that out.

Some things got moved to BitSat.org.

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