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Offline skeezix

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Bitcoin Coders Send International Lightning Payment Over Ham Radio
« on: March 11, 2019, 2355 UTC »
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Re: Bitcoin Coders Send International Lightning Payment Over Ham Radio
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2019, 1836 UTC »
Thank you for saving HAM radio, electronic fiat currency!
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Re: Bitcoin Coders Send International Lightning Payment Over Ham Radio
« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2019, 2001 UTC »
That's a very interesting story with a lot of implications for the future.

"“The equipment is currently the hard part: You need a radio that supports these frequencies. "

Uh, 20 meters? Oh no, you might need more gear than a phone. And an FT8-worthy antenna?
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Re: Bitcoin Coders Send International Lightning Payment Over Ham Radio
« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2019, 2352 UTC »
Fire up HAARP, Al. We're back in the banking biz!
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Re: Bitcoin Coders Send International Lightning Payment Over Ham Radio
« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2019, 2208 UTC »
Might be useful in post apocalyptic future. Never forget the ionosphere can be bounced off of
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