Perhaps you can build a delay tolerant mesh network for the "Internet of Things" with this DAC?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWtRTzXJvtI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RusR2PiqPs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delay-tolerant_networking
Let's put CubeSats in space and use delay tolerant networking.
Ever since hearing of a similar project for bitcoin I've been wondering about what kind of actual throughput is possible with cubesats. With gps the satellites only send their own unique signal and you triangulate those signals on the ground, but I don't know how practical it would be to try and run a payment network via satellite.
Delay-tolerant-networking is just one tiny bit of the puzzle with mesh-networks, because mesh-networks need to be more adaptable than just the occasional broken static connection route. Ideally a mesh network should also work in isolation but also be able to reconnect and resynchronize when mesh networks (re)connect. That is not an easy thing to solve.
So far we've only talked about extending the current existing network through mesh-networking, but I'm not aware of practical solutions for a mesh network that can divide and rejoin without any issues. It takes the problem of forks in a blockchain to a whole different level where forks are allowed to live side by side and then get merged when they touch each other.
I lack the technical knowledge in this field and I can't code, so I don't know the details about what happens when a fork is resolved and what will happen to the transaction history of the smaller mesh/fork joining a larger one. You'd probably need delay tolerant blockchains. Maybe a global heartbeat where all members send a signal at regular intervals, which would make clear who is part of the currently connected nodes on this part of a meshnetwork and store that in the collective data. Then it might be possible to fit the separate pieces of the puzzle together afterward even if those pieces have been disconnected for an extended period of time.
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and to add some more sauce to the above...wait until the Chinese government start claiming repayment of the US debt to see what will happen...
*autsch* .. do you have any 'hard facts' on this? are they talking about this already?
Seems the opinions are divided on which country will be used to cash out on the shorting of the euro, but some bankers seem to think France is the next in line after the successful attempt to make some cracks with Greece.
If France goes I think even bitEUR would use it's utility, or maybe a number of historic museums would like it. Sort of like crypto coin collectors or something.