Topic: Bitcoins in space! - page 6. (Read 36224 times)
Interesting project, make it happen
Great idea! I added this project to coingiving.com (http://coingiving.com/projects/222-bitcoins-in-space). Donors will automatically be listed as sponsors there (even if they donate less than 1 btc). Hope Jeff doesn't object to such a shameless plug and smaller donations.
Thanks to Roger Ver / Bitcoinstore for another generous donation.
If the satellite(s) are not in geostationary orbits it would not allow one party or group to disable its entire operation--just for a given region, unless they had transmitters around the world. Of course, such a system would give a good period of downtime per region. Only one satellite cannot cover the entire Earth at a time, and if the satellite is the only communication method the "trickle of data" would be lost leading to potential blockchain splits.
If people wanted to DoS it, wouldn't it be easier to just send static on the frequencies involved?
You guys should hold the 30 bitcoins till they are worth 3 million to cover all costs 
Best of luck with this project , it seems like a nice project , but I do not have any Bitcoins to contribute
Best of luck with this project , it seems like a nice project , but I do not have any Bitcoins to contribute
This really is epic, What would it cost if Mining groups, etc. Or even a home user, wanted a two way device to send and receive from the sat?
If you were able to give many user's the ability to send data, we would never be worried about it going down.
I'm centered in Canada with 5 acres of land, and clear skyline, would love to have a transmission station here, along with a generator, and it could survive the zombie's
. Make a way for my phone's wallet to communicate and it's even better.
If you were able to give many user's the ability to send data, we would never be worried about it going down.
I'm centered in Canada with 5 acres of land, and clear skyline, would love to have a transmission station here, along with a generator, and it could survive the zombie's
. Make a way for my phone's wallet to communicate and it's even better.Sadly, satellite bandwidth is really limited. Also, if this is to be any sort of fallback mechanism, the ability to transmit to the satellite must be limited and trusted. Otherwise people will just DDoS the satellite right along with DDoS'ing the mesh network.
The ability to receive from the satellite, on the other hand, should be free for the whole world.
P.S. Thanks to Rusty and Erik Voorhees for their support!
This really is epic, What would it cost if Mining groups, etc. Or even a home user, wanted a two way device to send and receive from the sat?
If you were able to give many user's the ability to send data, we would never be worried about it going down.
I'm centered in Canada with 5 acres of land, and clear skyline, would love to have a transmission station here, along with a generator, and it could survive the zombie's. Make a way for my phone's wallet to communicate and it's even better.
But would the Sat be limited on how many input's it could take? Come to think of it, I doubt all the user's could upload, they would overload it?
Excited, Wish I had more money to submit. But I'm here for moral support!
If you were able to give many user's the ability to send data, we would never be worried about it going down.
I'm centered in Canada with 5 acres of land, and clear skyline, would love to have a transmission station here, along with a generator, and it could survive the zombie's
. Make a way for my phone's wallet to communicate and it's even better.But would the Sat be limited on how many input's it could take? Come to think of it, I doubt all the user's could upload, they would overload it?
Excited, Wish I had more money to submit. But I'm here for moral support!
Donated from my vanity address. I bought ~10 bitcoins in 2011 to support what I see as a promising open source project, and have been trickling them out since then to help the bitcoin economy.
But this helps the bitcoin project much more directly than me buying another pair of shoes!
Inspirational work, Jeff!
But this helps the bitcoin project much more directly than me buying another pair of shoes!
Inspirational work, Jeff!
Jeff: I love this idea and I'd like to contribute. Would you consider a Kickstarter-like model and declare a fundraising goal and deadline, and if we don't make the goal then the donations are returned? I'd like to make more than a token pledge, but I don't want the money just sitting around if this project doesn't find its legs.
Same answer as with the investment question early in this thread. KickStarter is too much work at this stage. KickStarter also potentially introduces problems with setting expectations. Phase 1 -- the boring design work -- does not cost very much, and would not be worth a KickStarter. KickStarter for Phase 2 -- building and launching space hardware -- is very exciting, but it is premature to KickStart that right now, in my opinion.
Phase 1 is all about designing a usable foundation. If you can afford it, donate 1-10 BTC, and email me so that I may credit your sponsorship.
The current team will be kept small, under 4 engineers or so.
Layers of management, investors, incorporations, and KickStarters are just not necessary this early, and would simply slow down the process.
Thanks for the reply Jeff. I now agree with your logic. The KickStarter format should wait for the build/launch phase.
Erm guys, you are talking about a rocket trip being commissioned and bought with Bitcoins.
Do you realize how insanely awesome super awesome amazing that would be????
:)
Satoshi, get those bitcoins out of cold storage! Now!
Do you realize how insanely awesome super awesome amazing that would be????
:)
Satoshi, get those bitcoins out of cold storage! Now!
Jeff: I love this idea and I'd like to contribute. Would you consider a Kickstarter-like model and declare a fundraising goal and deadline, and if we don't make the goal then the donations are returned? I'd like to make more than a token pledge, but I don't want the money just sitting around if this project doesn't find its legs.
Same answer as with the investment question early in this thread. KickStarter is too much work at this stage. KickStarter also potentially introduces problems with setting expectations. Phase 1 -- the boring design work -- does not cost very much, and would not be worth a KickStarter. KickStarter for Phase 2 -- building and launching space hardware -- is very exciting, but it is premature to KickStart that right now, in my opinion.
Phase 1 is all about designing a usable foundation. If you can afford it, donate 1-10 BTC, and email me so that I may credit your sponsorship.
The current team will be kept small, under 4 engineers or so.
Layers of management, investors, incorporations, and KickStarters are just not necessary this early, and would simply slow down the process.
Jeff, awesome idea!! It's bald, near impossible but with Bitcoin the sky is the limit. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help!
Well, if we are going to space, the sky isn't the limit anymore 
Jeff, awesome idea!! It's bald, near impossible but with Bitcoin the sky is the limit. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help!
Well, if we are going to space, the sky isn't the limit anymore
Jeff, awesome idea!! It's bald, near impossible but with Bitcoin the sky is the limit. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help!
Jeff: I love this idea and I'd like to contribute. Would you consider a Kickstarter-like model and declare a fundraising goal and deadline, and if we don't make the goal then the donations are returned? I'd like to make more than a token pledge, but I don't want the money just sitting around if this project doesn't find its legs.
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Extremely cool project, I'll certainly be watching this.
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stqism in #bitcoin-otc has been talking about working on a satellite...
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