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212 sats \ 4 replies \ @cointastical 21 Sep 2022 \ on: thought experiment: how to keep full node in sync without traditional internet? bitcoin
Here's a good thread:
https://twitter.com/danheld/status/1094048625364103168 [Nitter]
Broadband-Hamnet
http://www.broadband-hamnet.org
ISO: Ham Radio + Crypto Currency Project
https://old.reddit.com/r/PrepperIntel/comments/n1cis2 [Teddit]
Nick Szabo's Radio transaction talk:
Scaling Bitcoin 2017 Stanford University - Day 2 Afternoon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkYXPJMqBNk&t=4928s <-- Start at ~0:01:22:08.
Thanks for the links.
Ultimately it seems that while these projects might at some point be a part of the resilience of the bitcoin network, at present the network has simply not been tested/attacked enough to cause more nodes to operate outside the traditional wires.
Couple that with the per-usual challenges of government making it difficult (apparently encryption is not allowed over amateur radio).
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i've read somewhere that bitcoin is considered commercial and ham radio does not allow commercial broadcasts
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Why would encryption be used?
Also, I forgot one. Somewhere I remember seeing someone toss out there this method for broadcasting blocks:
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Why would encryption be used?
Good point. I suppose it would not be allowed for other reasons such as being considered "commercial" as mentioned in the other reply.
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