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What will happen to Bitcoin price as Coinbase goes public?
14.4.2021
The highly anticipated public listing of Coinbase stock is leading Bitcoin and Ether to rally, but what will happen afterward?
Major Venezuelan Satellite TV Provider Enables Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies Payments
30.3.2021
Venezuelan customers from the biggest satellite TV provider in the country are now able to pay their monthly bills via cryptocurrencies. Simple TV announced it had enabled the feature to its over four million users, whose company was the replacement of Directv. Company Expects to Cut Dependency...
Where to Stream the 2021 Oscar Nominees
15.3.2021
For a while, the biggest film story of 2020 was what movies weren’t coming out, as the pandemic closed theaters and bumped release dates for some of the year’s biggest would-be blockbusters (see you later, Black Widow and No Time to Die, hopefully) and buzziest awards-bait (or is there another...
Building a Decentralized and Uncensorable Internet — The Nexus Protocol
18.1.2021
PRESS RELEASE. On December 21st, 2020, the Nexus Protocol white paper was released. The new internet will be driven by a blockchain-based operating system (LX-OS) and communications protocol (Nexus Protocol), that will be connected by a distributed satellite-based mesh network. The white paper...
Space invaders: Launching crypto into orbit
23.12.2020
"The idea is that if you can provide a root of trust that is literally in outer space, you have something that has an unprecedented level of security because this is a fully tamper-proof Trusted Execution Environment."
SpaceChain Awarded $585K Grant to Co-Develop Decentralized Satellite System
10.12.2020
U.K.-based SpaceChain beat 13 other national applicants to secure the funding
Villanova University to Send Private Ethereum Blockchain Into Space to Test Inter-Satellite Communication
21.10.2020
Villanova’s project is slated for liftoff on Nov. 20 from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California
Blockstream launches first Bitcoin satellite node in Venezuela
29.9.2020
"Users can’t afford to be cut off from the Bitcoin network."
BitMEX Research Installs Blockstream Bitcoin Satellite System
14.9.2020
Research and development arm of BitMEX, the Seychelles based crypto exchange, BitMEX Research announced on Monday that it has installed the Blockstream Bitcoin Satellite system which will allow it to download and verify BTC’s blockchain without internet connection. In the official Twitter thread...
Bitcoin in Space: Blockstream’s Satellite Network Now 25X Faster
6.5.2020
Blockstream’s updated protocol for their satellite service makes it possible to download a full node without an internet connection
Blocktream Updates Its Bitcoin Satellite Network, Announces Kits
5.5.2020
Blocktream Upgrades Its Bitcoin Satellite, Announces Kits
Canada-based major blockchain technology firm Blockstream has launched a new version of their satellite network that broadcasts the Bitcoin (BTC) blockchain around the world and announced satellite kits.
Blockstream Satellite 2.0 moved from...
European Space Agency Funds Blockchain Project Recording Satellite Data
18.2.2020
Major global space exploration organization, the European Space Agency, continues to explore the benefits of blockchain use for space
The North American Bitcoin Conference Returns
6.12.2019
The global Bitcoin and blockchain community will meet in Miami for the seventh year running to create the future of the industry. The North American Bitcoin Conference (TNABC) has hosted 20,000 attendees since 2013 and the ongoing show of support and community convergence from around the world...
Spacechain Plans to Build World’s First Open-source Satellite Network
6.11.2019
Singapore-based start-up SpaceChain has decided to build the world’s first open-source Blockchain-based satellite network. The company aims to protect the digital assets of organizations from hackers and cybercriminals. In this effort, SpaceChina wants to become as the integrator of space...
ConsenSys Unveils Ethereum-Based Satellite Tracker
24.10.2019
Blockchain firm Consensys unveils TruSat, an Ethereum-based satellite tracking app
ConsenSys Space Launches Satellite Tracker TruSat
22.10.2019
As per the latest reports, ConsenSys Space has launched a new project called TruSat, an application-based system for tracking satellites. The said system utilizes amateur observers as well as the Ethereum’s blockchain, while the app allows the users to make their contributions to the satellite...
Blockstream's Samson Mow on Their Main Focus and Mining Via Satellite
25.9.2019
While mining operations have become a “cash cow business” for Blockstream, this major, U.S.-based blockchain company now puts its main focus on building their Liquid network, Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) Samson Mow told Cryptonews.com.
Liquid, launched a year ago, is an inter-exchange settlement...
How Merge Mining and Anchored Blockchain Projects Capitalize on Bitcoin’s Security Model
21.9.2019
Since 2011, just after Satoshi Nakamoto left the Bitcoin project for good, networks have emerged that leverage the BTC chain in some way. A variety of projects over the last nine years have found value in anchoring some sort of feature set to BTC in order to bolster the satellite’s underlying...
European Space Agency Awards €60K for Blockchain Satellite Wallet
18.9.2019
SpaceChain seals €60,000 from the European Space Agency to commercially develop its satellite-powered, multi-sig blockchain wallet
European Space Agency Backs Blockchain Satellite Project
18.9.2019
Blockchain startup SpaceChain won a 60K euro grant from the European Space Agency to investigate use-cases for their satellite-based wallet system