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Topic: Fostering innovation in Sierra Leone (Read 562 times)

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Activity: 65
Merit: 10
March 16, 2014, 11:51:50 PM
#5
if the kid needed to make his own FM radio.. i guess his village wont have internet

yeah, they would at the very least need cell phone service.. bitcoin can be traded (and is being traded, in Africa) via SMS. A paper wallet only economy could possibly be kickstarted by foreigners... but that doesn't seem very likely or efficient.
legendary
Activity: 4410
Merit: 4766
March 16, 2014, 11:46:00 PM
#4
Makes me think... what is really needed tech wise to act as a spendable bitcoin wallet?
If you have a hardware wallet that hardly ever needs to be recharged (solar powered?) and is highly portable + paper wallets.. no need for constant electricity.

mobile phone or raspberry PI both have a low power requirement. id say a cheap android phone as a rPI needs constant power to rn, where as an android can last days on just a few hours charge.. but then we start getting to the requirement of internet access/cell towers.

if the kid needed to make his own FM radio.. i guess his village wont have internet
member
Activity: 65
Merit: 10
March 16, 2014, 11:41:18 PM
#3
Makes me think... what is really needed tech wise to act as a spendable bitcoin wallet?
If you have a hardware wallet that hardly ever needs to be recharged (solar powered?) and is highly portable + paper wallets.. no need for constant electricity.
legendary
Activity: 4410
Merit: 4766
March 16, 2014, 11:09:57 PM
#2
watch the video again, they get electricity 1 day a month and rely on batteries for FM radio..

laptops last maybe 8 hours... and phones last maybe 5 days... after that they have to wait till next month to trade bitcoin.. so useless in this scenario
sr. member
Activity: 280
Merit: 250
March 16, 2014, 10:56:06 PM
#1
Someone needs to contact this kid and get the bitcoin train choo-chooing in his neighborhood.

http://sftimes.co/?id=115&src=share_fb_new_115

What do you guys think?
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