HAM radio and bitcoin seems to be an ideal match. Untill you realize the barriers.
1) You need to get licensed. In person visit of a HAM club, or testing event is required
2) No commecrial activity on the HAM spectrum allowed
3) No encryption allowed. (How the digital modes work around that rule is a mystery to me)
3) You need to dox yourself with every transmission.
4) Although the infrastructure IS THERE (repeaters, igates...), it's usually provided by pretty conservative crowd that addhered to all the written and unwritten rules their entire life.
It's a shame though. We could learn a lot from them. They master the physical layer. It looks like magic to people primarily working with software.
/ deafboy
npub1efy…3r70
2023-04-05 13:34:27
in reply to nevent1q…vya9
Author Public Key
npub1efy6q07l4kmwyy04pzc0qp36ars2p3ulrhn079lr3s668dah0uqq353r70Published at
2023-04-05 13:34:27Event JSON
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