0 sats \ 3 replies \ @elvismercury 5 Sep 2023 \ parent \ on: Removing the last few middleman tech
This is really cool. Seems like a thing that people would buy for a collective benefit for the general good of btc (e.g., to help make the network resilient) vs as a product they use to earn money. Is that how you're thinking of it, or do you imagine actual use-demand?
Are you referring to the balloon kit ? Or the CDN/DNS?
Both of those have wide use cases and direct demand. BTC is one of hundreds of protocols and software platforms that can use it .
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Was thinking of the balloon -- not obvious to me who would want that besides (in theory) bitcoiners, or blockchains hell-bent on preventing chain splits and the like. Would be interested in pointers / documents / whatever to learn more.
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Well, think of the balloon as a replacement for a satellite. Think of all the things satellites do, and what the world would look like if the same functionality could be delivered 100-1000x cheaper and could be landed / take off again.
The balloon is payload agnostic. Sensing, surveillance, internet are payloads we are in talks with potential customers for today. HFT is another area.
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