On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 3:23 PM Tedesco, Evan <Evan.Tedesco@dish.com> wrote: > I work for Dish wireless(we work closely with Echostar & Hughes net among > others). I have been noodling on resolving DIDs via satellite for a while > now as a solution for getting Identity access to the less fortunate > regions and here is my $.02 on it. > > 1) To really be able to resolve DIDs globally via Satellite you would need > the associated (non-terrestrial)spectrum licenses to transmit the packets. > Blockstream Satellite cheaply rents space on a number of existing video satellite using spare bandwidth, and gets worldwide coverage. A lot cheaper than you think. Well within a funded startup’s budget. I’ve even investigated having my benefit not-for-profit organization Blockchain Commons replicate this capability if we could get sufficient sponsors. It basically transmits the Bitcoin blockchain to anyone with about $150 worth of parts, a used commodity satellite dish and an old computer (mine is circa 2011) to run the gnu radio software modem. All the hardware requirements and the software are here: https://github.com/Blockstream/satellite Blockstream Satellite also supports sending of messages as a micropayment service for satoshi (fractions of a cent) leveraging the Lightning network. Here are recent messages sent. Some are encrypted and some are plaintext. https://blockstream.com/satellite-queue/ You can also use goantenna mesh network with it https://blockstream.com/2019/05/11/en-gotenna-satellite-api-integration/ — Christopher Allen [via iPhone]
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