100 sats \ 3 replies \ @DarthCoin 21 Sep 2022 \ on: thought experiment: how to keep full node in sync without traditional internet? bitcoin
smoke signals works
radio signals works
neutrino BIP157 works
But the important question is: if you are in a such remote area that you get only text, I think you will have other more important priorities than syncing a blockchain.
Thanks for your reply. Yes, I realize that anything which can encode information (such as smoke signals) could technically "work," but I would like to know which is the most practical and most likely to be adopted/used.
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As I said, if you are in a such remote area that you can't even run a mobile LN node like Breez, Blixt, SBW, Nayuta, Electrum... I don't know why do you want to complicate so much.
If you are in a such remote area, you will not have anyway where to spend your bitcoins, not even online. You will be more focused on shelter, water, food, security than... internet and bitcoin.
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Again, thank you for your reply.
if you are in a such remote area that you can't even run a mobile LN node
It is not a thought experiment about a node being in a remote area. To the contrary. It is a thought experiment about where exactly the "edge" of the network even is, whether we can safely push lightning and lightning payments out to the edge.
But I suppose I did not spell it out that way and can understand how you interpreted it.
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